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Jacques Derrida

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Jacques Derrida

Birth
Algiers, Sidi M'Hamed District, Algiers, Algeria
Death
8 Oct 2004 (aged 74)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Ris-Orangis, Departement de l'Essonne, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
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French Philosopher. Best remembered for his "deconstruction theory" - a complex school of thought which unpicks text in order to reveal its hidden meanings. During his career he taught at the Sorbonne and several universities in America. His writings include Speech and Phenomena (1973), Writing and Difference (1978), Positions (1981), Margins of Philosophy (1983), The Ear of the Other (1988), The Other Heading (1991) and Spectres of Marx (1994).
French Philosopher. Best remembered for his "deconstruction theory" - a complex school of thought which unpicks text in order to reveal its hidden meanings. During his career he taught at the Sorbonne and several universities in America. His writings include Speech and Phenomena (1973), Writing and Difference (1978), Positions (1981), Margins of Philosophy (1983), The Ear of the Other (1988), The Other Heading (1991) and Spectres of Marx (1994).

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9580205/jacques-derrida: accessed ), memorial page for Jacques Derrida (15 Jul 1930–8 Oct 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9580205, citing Cimetière de Ris-Orangis, Ris-Orangis, Departement de l'Essonne, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by Find a Grave.