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Jacques Derrida

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Born: July 14 1930

Died: 0707 10 20042004

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Jacques Derrida was the founder of “deconstruction,” a way of criticizing not only both literary and philosophical texts but also political institutions. Although Derrida at times expressed regret concerning the fate of the word “deconstruction,” its popularity indicates the wide-ranging influence of his thought, in philosophy, in literary criticism and theory, in art and, in particular, architectural theory, and in political theory. Indeed, Derrida's fame nearly reached the status of a media star, with hundreds of people filling auditoriums to hear him speak, with films and televisions programs devoted to him, with countless books and articles devoted to his thinking. Beside critique, Derridean deconstruction consists in an attempt to re-conceive the difference that divides self-reflection . But even more than the re-conception of difference, and perhaps more importantly, deconstruction works towards preventing the worst violence. It attempts to render justice. Indeed, deconstruction is relentless in this pursuit since justice is impossible to achieve.

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Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida

Books from Jacques Derrida

Writing and Difference

Specters of Marx

Margins of Philosophy

Dissemination

The Gift of Death

Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression

The Animal that Therefore I am

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Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida

Speech and Phenomena and Other Essays on Husserl's Theory of Signs

The Instant of My Death / Demeure: Fiction and Testimony

Rogues: Two Essays on Reason

Positions

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Glas

The Work of Mourning

Learning to Live Finally: The Last Interview

Given Time: I. Counterfeit Money

A Derrida Reader: Between the Blinds

Adieu to Emmanuel Lévinas