2. WHO IS JACQUES DERRIDA?
Jacques was a famous French philosopher born in Algeria on
July15 1930 and died in 2004 in Paris France. Derrida is best
known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as
deconstruction. He is one of the major figures associated with
post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy. In 2003,
Derrida was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which reduced
his speaking and travelling engagements. He died in a hospital
in Paris in the early hours of
October 9, 2004.
3. WHAT DID JACQUES
DARRIDA DO?
- Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher credited with being the father of
deconstructionism. Experts consider Derrida to be a vital contributor to the fields of
modern philosophy and literary criticism. Derrida heavily influenced the forming of
deconstructive theatre, and his work had large political ramifications on the education
system of France.
-Jacques Derrida became fascinated with the interpretation of linguistics, and began
publishing work on literary theatre in the 1960s. In 1967, Derrida published three books
that would become the foundation of his international reputation, Of Grammatology,
Writing and Difference, and Speech and Phenomena.
- On multiple occasions, Derrida referred to himself as a historian. Derrida questioned
assumptions of the Western philosophical tradition and also more broadly Western culture.
By questioning the dominant discourses, and trying to modify them, he attempted to
democratize the university scene and to politicize it.
4. MY OPINION
Jack derrida was a very important in modern philosophy
and literacy because of his theories and thoughts into
deconstruction, By doing this the person for example is
not just reading work you are destroying it by tearing it
apart and then because of the other part construct you are
putting all this new information that you have found about
it together and this is what he discovered and used In his
presentations
5. KEY WORKS
During his career Derrida published more than 40
books, together with hundreds of essays and public
presentations. He had a significant influence upon the
humanities and social sciences, including—in addition to
philosophy and literature—law anthropology,
historiography, linguistics, sociolinguistics,
psychoanalysis, political theory, feminism, and queer
studies. In Jacques Carrier he wrote Three main books
describing his theory's