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
love-life language i-love-life
I love language as I love life itself!
media political-language doe
The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages.
language scene generalities
As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scene.
writing language traditional
The traditional statement about language is that it is in itself living, and that writing is the dead part of language.
language speak mathematician
No one gets angry at a mathematician or a physicist whom he or she doesn't understand, or at someone who speaks a foreign language, but rather at someone who tampers with your own language.
language speak my-own
I speak only one language, and it is not my own.
entered french-philosopher generality soon
As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scen.
appeal certain classical french-philosopher function good responsibility
In certain situations, there is a classical function and responsibility there that must not be avoided, even if it is just to appeal to good sense.
caring names awakening
Such a caring for death, an awakening that keeps vigil over death, a conscience that looks death in the face, is another name for freedom.
atheist
I rightly pass for an atheist.
football
Beyond the touchline there is nothing.
solitude speak given
We are given over to absolute solitude. No one can speak with us and no one can speak for us; we must take it upon ourselves, each of us must take it upon himself.
determination lexicon etc
A determination or an effect within a system which is no longer that of a presence but of a diffrance, a system that no longer tolerates the opposition of activity and passivity, nor that of cause and effect, or of indetermination and determination, etc., such that in designating consciousness as an effect or a determination, one continues - for strategic reasons that can be more or less lucidly deliberated and systematically calculated - to operate according to the lexicon of that which one is de-limiting.
writing secret facts
No one will ever know from what secret I am writing and the fact that I say so changes nothing.