Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derridawas a French philosopher, born in Algeria. Derrida is best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction, which he discussed in numerous texts, and developed in the context of phenomenology. He is one of the major figures associated with post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy...
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth15 July 1930
Jacques Derrida quotes about
deconstruction
There is nothing outside the text
practice personality philosopher
These critics organize and practice in my case a sort of obsessive personality cult which philosophers should know how to question and above all, to moderate.
opening-up risk gestures
Peace is only possible when one of the warring sides takes the first step, the hazardous initiative, the risk of opening up dialogue, and decides to make the gesture that will lead not only to an armistice but to peace.
roles argument stage
I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles.
self drawing portraiture
An act of naming should quite rightly enable me to call any-thing a self-portrait, not only any drawing, 'portrait' or not, but everything that happens to me, that I can affect, or that affects me.
dream philosophy writing
In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language governed it.
loving-someone expectations heidegger
Even if we're in a state of hopelessness, a sense of expectation is an integral part of our relationship to time. Hopelessness is possible only because we do hope that some good, loving someone could come. If that's what Heidegger meant, then I agree with him.
years trying firsts
These years of the Ecole Normale were an ordeal. Nothing was handed to me on the first try.
love-life language i-love-life
I love language as I love life itself!
poetic methodology discourse
Every discourse, even a poetic or oracular sentence, carries with it a system of rules for producing analogous things and thus an outline of methodology.
winning looks surprise
Whatever precautions you take so the photograph will look like this or that, there comes a moment when the photograph surprises you. It is the other's gaze that wins out and decides.
territory certain institutions
Certain readers resented me when they could no longer recognize their territory, their institution.
philosopher scientist easier
Why is it the philosopher who is expected to be easier and not some scientist who is even more inaccessible?
circumcision
Circumcision , that's all I've ever talked about.