Young jacques derrida biography summary

Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) is one of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the latter half of the twentieth century. He is most notable as the originator of literary “deconstruction,” which is at once an interpretive approach and a critique of Western metaphysics.

From 1964 to 1984, Derrida taught at the Ecole normale supérieure in Paris. He was Professor of the Humanities at the University of California, Irvine from 1986 until his death in 2004 and helped to found the Collège international de philosophie in Paris.

Young jacques derrida biography summary and analysis

Derrida was a visiting professor and lecturer at universities throughout the world and received honorary doctorates from the University of Cambridge and Columbia University, among others. He wrote almost fifty books and numerous essays and articles, and his writings have been translated into over twenty languages.

He was the subject of two documentary films, collaborated in many avant-garde art projects, and gave frequent interviews in a variety of media