[go: up one dir, main page]

Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida’s Followers (1,798)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Jacques Derrida


Born
in El Biar, French Algeria
July 15, 1930

Died
October 09, 2004

Genre

Influences


Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher best known for developing deconstruction, a method of critical analysis that questioned the stability of meaning in language, texts, and Western metaphysical thought. Born in Algeria, he studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he was influenced by philosophers such as Heidegger, Husserl, and Levinas. His groundbreaking works, including Of Grammatology (1967), Writing and Difference (1967), and Speech and Phenomena (1967), positioned him at the center of intellectual debates on language, meaning, and interpretation.
Derrida argued that Western philosophy was structured around binary oppositions—such as speech over writing, presence over absence, or reason over emotion—that falsely pr
...more

Average rating: 3.97 · 38,540 ratings · 2,194 reviews · 652 distinct worksSimilar authors
Writing and Difference

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,918 ratings — published 1967 — 55 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Of Grammatology

by
3.96 avg rating — 5,350 ratings — published 1967 — 64 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Specters of Marx

3.97 avg rating — 3,812 ratings — published 1993 — 52 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Margins of Philosophy

by
4.09 avg rating — 1,360 ratings — published 1972 — 22 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Dissemination

by
4.09 avg rating — 1,223 ratings — published 1972 — 23 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Gift of Death

by
4.08 avg rating — 1,095 ratings — published 1992 — 15 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Animal That Therefore I Am

by
4.07 avg rating — 1,058 ratings — published 2006 — 24 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Archive Fever: A Freudian I...

by
3.77 avg rating — 1,117 ratings — published 1995 — 13 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Politics of Friendship

by
3.95 avg rating — 766 ratings — published 1994 — 22 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Limited Inc

by
3.94 avg rating — 682 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Jacques Derrida…
Of Hospitality: Anne Dufour...
(1 book)
by
3.98 avg rating — 439 ratings

The Beast and the Sovereign... The Beast and the Sovereign...
(2 books)
by
4.31 avg rating — 235 ratings

Quotes by Jacques Derrida  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.”
Jacques Derrida

“What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written.”
Jacques Derrida

“Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'Here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets.”
Jacques Derrida

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
The Sword and Laser: Do Audiobooks count as reading? 44 457 05 oct. 2010 18:55  
Reading with Style: This topic has been closed to new comments. Winter 2012/13 General Questions & Answers 146 98 12 fév. 2013 18:15  
The Next Best Boo...: This topic has been closed to new comments. The Title Game 20218 14601 30 mai 2013 21:53  
Indian Readers: Please Recommend Books 9 83 11 juin 2013 15:40  
Indian Readers: 2013; Sudhang 42 78 29 juin 2013 19:34  
Indian Readers: Bug's Book-Bites 2013 239 291 11 nov. 2013 12:20  
Aussie Readers: This topic has been closed to new comments. Science Fiction and Fantasy 102 145 21 juin 2014 12:30  
On Paths Unknown: 1984 Part One 142 33 31 déc. 2015 23:54  
The Next Best Boo...: The Title Game - Part Deux 8189 2707 11 nov. 2021 14:18