Jacques Derrida

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

French philosopher (1930–2004)

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Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher who developed an influential approach to reading texts called deconstruction, which challenged the idea that language and meaning are straightforward or stable. His work fundamentally changed how scholars across many fields—including literature, law, and politics—think about language, interpretation, and the assumptions embedded in Western thought.

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Jacques Derrida (born Jackie Élie Derrida; 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was a French philosopher. He was 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. Derrida is one of the major figures associated with post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy.

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Hamlet Within2022
Cameraperson — Self (archive footage)2016
Pourquoi la guerre aujourd’hui? — Self2015
Jacques Derrida, le courage de la pensée — Self (Archive footage)2014
Arrows of Time2007
Kulturplatz — Self2004
Parola (su una data)2003
Derrida — Himself2002
Jacques Lacan, la psychanalyse réinventée — Self2001
Derrida's Elsewhere — Himself1999

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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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Commons category: 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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