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Jacques Derrida

Born

in El Biar, French Algeria

July 15, 1930

Died

October 09, 2004

Genre

Philosophy, Literary Theory

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Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher best known for developing deconstruction, a method of critical analysis that questioned the stability of meaning in language, texts, and Western metaphysical thought. Born in Algeria, he studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he was influenced by philosophers such as Heidegger, Husserl, and Levinas. His groundbreaking works, including Of Grammatology (1967), Writing and Difference (1967), and Speech and Phenomena (1967), positioned him at the center of intellectual debates on language, meaning, and interpretation.
Derrida argued that Western philosophy was structured around binary oppositions—such as speech over writing, presence over absence, or reason over emotion—that falsely pr ...more

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	Writing and Difference by Jacques Derrida, Gianni Vattimo (Editor), Alan Bass (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,954 ratings — published 1967 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Grammatology by Jacques Derrida, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 5,398 ratings — published 1967 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Specters of Marx 3.97 avg rating — 3,887 ratings — published 1993 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margins of Philosophy by Jacques Derrida, Alan Bass (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 1,368 ratings — published 1972 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dissemination by Jacques Derrida, Barbara Johnson (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 1,238 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gift of Death by Jacques Derrida, David Wills 4.08 avg rating — 1,110 ratings — published 1992 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Animal That Therefore I Am by Jacques Derrida, Marie-Louise Mallet (Editor), David Wills (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 1,107 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression by Jacques Derrida, Eric Prenowitz (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 1,159 ratings — published 1995 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Politics of Friendship by Jacques Derrida, George Collins (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 781 ratings — published 1994 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Limited Inc by Jacques Derrida, Gerald Graff (Editor), Samuel Weber (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 689 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cultural Memory in the Present (1 book)
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The Beast and the Sovereign (2 books)
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Quotes by Jacques Derrida (?)

“To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.”
― Jacques Derrida

tags: action, deeds, game, lying, playing, responsibility

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“What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written.”
― Jacques Derrida

tags: censorship, language, speech, truth, writing

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“Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'Here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets.”
― Jacques Derrida

tags: confusion, monsters, order, pets, tame, wild

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