Published in 1967 Voice and Phenomenon marked a crucial turning point in Derrida s thinking: the culmination of a 15-year-long engagement with the phenomenological tradition. It also introduced the concepts and themes that would become deconstruction. Voice and Phenomenon is a short book but it can be an overwhelming text particularly for inexperienced readers of Derrida s work. This is the first guide to clearly explain the structure of his argument step by step.