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  1. Jacques Derrida (/ ˈ d ɛr ɪ d ə /; French: [ʒak dɛʁida]; born Jackie Élie Derrida; [6] 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was a French philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction , which he utilized in a number of his texts, and which was developed through close readings of the linguistics of Ferdinand de ...

  2. Nov 22, 2006 · Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) was the founder ofdeconstruction,” a way of criticizing not only both literary and philosophical texts but also political institutions.

  3. Sep 19, 2024 · Jacques Derrida, French philosopher whose critique of Western philosophy and analyses of the nature of language, writing, and meaning were highly controversial yet immensely influential in much of the intellectual world in the late 20th century. Learn more about Derrida’s life and work.

  4. Jacques Derrida was one of the most well known twentieth century philosophers. He was also one of the most prolific.

  5. Nov 14, 2022 · Jacques Derrida (b. 1930–d. 2004) was one of the most famous philosophers of the 20th century, and he has remained so since his death in 2004. Derrida’s work was described by Hélène Cixous as the greatest ethico-political warning of our time, and he was remarkably prolific.

  6. Who Was Jacques Derrida?is the first intellectual biography of Derrida, the first full-scale appraisal of his career, his influence, and his philosophical roots...

  7. Jan 15, 2020 · Jacques Derrida (b. 1930–d. 2004) is a French thinker most often associated with what came to be known after him as deconstruction. In the 1960s he became world famous for his contestation of the metaphysics of presence, which he showed to have dominated Western thinking from Plato to Martin Heidegger and the French Structuralists.

  8. In this book, Leslie Hill provides an accessible introduction to Derrida's writings on literature which presupposes no prior knowledge of Derrida's work. He explores in detail Derrida's relationship to literary theory and criticism, and offers close readings of some of Derrida's best known essays.

  9. Deconstruction is a way of hanging on by a prayer, a way of hanging on to a prayer, an old Jewish prayer, “amen,” by a vast and sweeping “amen,” oui, oui. Amen is not the end of deconstruction’s prayer but its beginning and sustaining middle, yes, yes, something that precedes and follows and... xml. Bibliography.

  10. Jacques Derrida is a prolific French philosopher born in Algeria. His work can be understood in terms of his argument that it is necessary to interrogate the Western philosophical tradition from the standpoint of ‘deconstruction’.