Description |
1 online resource (viii, 250 pages) |
Contents |
Algeria -- Paris and the ENS -- After ENS -- The first book -- Against structuralism -- Structures in French thought -- 1967 -- Avant-garde philosophy -- America: Derrida as literary theory -- Glas -- GREPH -- Yale -- The post card -- Nietzsche and Heidegger -- The 1980s -- 1987-90, deconstruction and National Socialism -- Autobiographical years, 1990-91 -- The future of democracy and the very worst moment of capitalism -- Derrida's world: confronting Marx -- The Politics of friendship -- Derrida's religion -- Thoughtful welcoming of the other, Death -- 2000 onwards |
Summary |
At the time of his death in 2004, Jacques Derrida was arguably the most influential and the most controversial thinker in contemporary philosophy. Deconstruction, the movement that he founded, has received as much criticism as admiration and provoked one of the most contentious philosophical debates of the twentieth century. Jacques Derrida: A Biography offers for the first time a complete biographical overview of this important philosopher, drawing on Derrida's own accounts of his life as well as the narratives of friends and colleagues. Powell explores Derrida's early life in Algeria, his hi |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-243) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Derrida, Jacques.
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SUBJECT |
Derrida, Jacques. fast (OCoLC)fst00041147 |
Subject |
Philosophers, Modern -- France -- Biography
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Philosophers, Modern.
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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France.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2006297923 |
ISBN |
9781441131720 |
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1441131728 |
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9780826490018 |
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0826490018 |
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9780826490025 |
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0826490026 |
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9780826494498 |
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0826494498 |
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1282014137 |
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9781282014138 |
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1472546938 |
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9781472546937 |
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9786612014130 |
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661201413X |
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