Jacques Derrida
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| '''Jacques Derrida''' ([[July 15]], [[1930]] – [[October 8]], [[2004]]) was an [[Algeria]]n-born [[France|French]] [[philosopher]], known as the founder of [[deconstruction]]. His voluminous work had a profound impact upon [[continental philosophy]], [[Twentieth-Century French Philosophy|French philosophy]], and [[literary theory]]. His best known work is ''[[Of Grammatology]]''. | '''Jacques Derrida''' ([[July 15]], [[1930]] – [[October 8]], [[2004]]) was an [[Algeria]]n-born [[France|French]] [[philosopher]], known as the founder of [[deconstruction]]. His voluminous work had a profound impact upon [[continental philosophy]], [[Twentieth-Century French Philosophy|French philosophy]], and [[literary theory]]. His best known work is ''[[Of Grammatology]]''. | ||
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- "Derrida first received major attention outside France with his lecture, "Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences," delivered at Johns Hopkins University in 1966 (and subsequently included in Writing and Difference). The conference at which this paper was delivered was concerned with structuralism, then at the peak of its influence in France, but only beginning to gain attention in the United States. Derrida differed from other participants by his lack of explicit commitment to structuralism, having already been critical of the movement. He praised the accomplishments of structuralism but also maintained reservations about its internal limitations, thus leading to the notion that his thought was a form of post-structuralism."
Jacques Derrida (July 15, 1930 – October 8, 2004) was an Algerian-born French philosopher, known as the founder of deconstruction. His voluminous work had a profound impact upon continental philosophy, French philosophy, and literary theory. His best known work is Of Grammatology.
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