(A) magnificent work... that will definitely shape the discussionon Derrida for years to come." -- Rodolphe Gasch What isthe nature of the relationship of Jacques Derrida and deconstruction to EdmundHusserl and phenomenology? Is deconstruction a radical departure from phenomenologyor does it trace its origins to the phenomenological project? In Derrida andHusserl, Leonard Lawlor illuminates Husserl's influence on the French philosophicaltradition that inspired Derrida's thought. Beginning with Eugen Fink's pivotal essayon Husserl's philosophy, Lawlor carefully reconstructs the conceptual context inwhich Derrida developed his interpretation of Husserl. Lawlor's investigations ofthe work of Jean Cavaill s, Tran-Duc-Thao, and Jean Hyppolite, as well as recenttexts by Derrida, reveal the depth of Derrida's relationship to Husserl'sphenomenology. Along the way, Lawlor revisits and sheds light on the origin of manyimportant Derridean concepts, such as deconstruction, the metaphysics of presence, diff rance, intentionality, the trace, and spectrality.