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Jacques Derrida

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Jacques Derrida

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Also known as Jackie Derrida, Jackie Elie Derrida, Jackie Élie Derrida, J. Derrida

French philosopher (1930–2004)

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Jacques Derrida (15 July 1930 – 8 October 2004) was a French male philosopher. His professional work period spanned from 1957 to 2004. He is associated with deconstruction, philosophy, and postmodernism. Derrida was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

His bibliography includes 331 works, with notable titles such as *Body of prayer*, *al-Naqd wa-al-mujtamaʻ*, and *Nietzsche - Politik des Eigennamens*. Other listed works include *声音与现象* and *死を与える*. He is also cited in connection with the quotes "Il n'y a pas de hors-texte." and "Circumcision, that’s all I’ve ever talked about."

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Instance of
human
Given name
Jacques
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
El Biar
Place of death
5th arrondissement of Paris
Spouse
Marguerite Aucouturier
Child
Pierre Alferi
Occupation
writer
Educated at
Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Employer
University of California, Irvine
Languages spoken
French
Doctoral advisor
Jean-Toussaint Desanti
Student of
Jean Hyppolite
Field of work
philosophy of language
Movement
deconstruction
Official website
plato.stanford.edu/entries/derrida
Image
Derrida EHESS (cropped).png
Work location
France
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Jacques Derrida
cause of death
pancreatic cancer
date of birth
1930-07-15
topic's main category
Category:Jacques Derrida
influenced by
Ludwig Wittgenstein
student
Bernard-Henri Lévy
described by source
UbuWeb
manner of death
natural causes
member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
birth name
Jackie Élie Derrida
name in native language
Jacques Derrida
writing language
French
archives at
Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives
Academia.edu profile URL
www.academia.edu/People/Jacques_Derrida
end of work period
2004-01-01
date of death
2004-10-09
time period
contemporary philosophy
start of work period
1957-01-01
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Jacques Derrida (/dɛrɪˈdə, ˈdɛriːdɑː/; French: [ʒak dɛʁida]; born Jackie Élie Derrida; 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was a French philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in a number of his texts, and which was developed through close readings of the linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure and Husserlian and Heideggerian phenomenology. He is one of the major figures associated with post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy although he distanced himself from post-structuralism and disavowed the word "postmodernity".

During his career, Derrida published over 40 books, together with hundreds of essays and public presentations. He has had a significant influence on the humanities and social sciences, including philosophy, literature, law, anthropology, historiography, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psychoanalysis, music, architecture, and political theory.

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