Salmon, Peter

An Event, Perhaps: A - Biography of Jacques - Derrida

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ISBN 13:
9781788732819
author:
Salmon, Peter
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Verso
language:
English
Publication Year:
2022
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
19.8 x 12.7 x 2.3 centimetres (0
Genre:
Biography, Philosophers, Nonfiction,
Condition:
New
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Jacques Derrida was a complex and confounding thinker whose influence over the way we think will continue long into the twenty-first century. This biography presents a deeply humane and urgent figure, often misunderstood and misappropriated. Born in Algiers, Derrida's life was marked by his outsider status, despite his efforts to establish himself among Parisian intellectuals of the 1960s. However, it was in 1967 that he changed the course of philosophy with his outlines of deconstruction. His reputation as a thinker was established immediately, with some feted and others abhorred. Accessible and beautifully written, this book introduces a new readership to Derrida's life and work, exploring his intimate relationships with writers such as Althusser, Genet, Lacan, Foucault, Cixous, and Kristeva.

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