Derrida, Jacques(1930–2004)
Although he was not altogether happy with the fact, Jacques Derrida's name has become synonymous with deconstruction. Derrida was born in El-Biar, near Algier...
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The French philosopher Jacques Derrida (born 1930), by developing a strategy of reading called "deconstruction," challenged assumptions about metaphysics and the character of language and written text...
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Few intellectuals have marked the domain of critical theory as Jacques Derrida has done; few, indeed, have generated such appreciation and such criticism. "Deconstruction," Derrida's reinscription of ...
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