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Jacques Derrida
Author · 84 books
Jacques Derrida was the founder of “deconstruction,” a way of criticizing not only both literary and philosophical texts but also political institutions. Although Derrida at times expressed regret concerning the fate of the word “deconstruction,” its popularity indicates the wide-ranging influence of his thought, in philosophy, in literary criticism and theory, in art and, in particular, architectural theory, and in political theory. Indeed, Derrida's fame nearly reached the status of a media star, with hundreds of people filling auditoriums to hear him speak, with films and televisions programs devoted to him, with countless books and articles devoted to his thinking. Beside critique, Derridean deconstruction consists in an attempt to re-conceive the difference that divides self-reflection (or self-consciousness). But even more than the re-conception of difference, and perhaps more importantly, deconstruction works towards preventing the worst violence. It attempts to render justice. Indeed, deconstruction is relentless in this pursuit since justice is impossible to achieve.

Books

Acts of Religion book cover

Acts of Religion

2001

Spurs book cover

Spurs

Nietzsche's Styles

1978

Of Grammatology book cover

Of Grammatology

1967

The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume I book cover

The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume I

2008

The Gift of Death book cover

The Gift of Death

1992

Structure, Sign, and Play book cover

Structure, Sign, and Play

1966

Monolingualism of the Other book cover

Monolingualism of the Other

or, The Prosthesis of Origin

1996

The Other Heading book cover

The Other Heading

Reflections on Today's Europe (Studies in Continental Thought

1992

الصَّفْح، ما لا يقبل الصفح وما لا يتقادم book cover

الصَّفْح، ما لا يقبل الصفح وما لا يتقادم

2004

Religion book cover

Religion

1996

H. C. for Life, That Is to Say… book cover

H. C. for Life, That Is to Say…

1754

Of Spirit book cover

Of Spirit

Heidegger and the Question

1987

Signeponge-Signsponge book cover

Signeponge-Signsponge

1984

Paper Machine book cover

Paper Machine

2001

Geneses, Genealogies, Genres and Genius book cover

Geneses, Genealogies, Genres and Genius

The Secrets of the Archive

2003

On the Name book cover

On the Name

1995

On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness book cover

On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness

1997

A Derrida Reader book cover

A Derrida Reader

Between the Blinds

1991

Positions book cover

Positions

1972

Heidegger book cover

Heidegger

The Question of Being and History

2016

Cinders book cover

Cinders

1987

Sovereignties in Question book cover

Sovereignties in Question

The Poetics of Paul Celan

2005

Negotiations book cover

Negotiations

Interventions and Interviews, 1971-2001

2002

The Death Penalty, Volume II book cover

The Death Penalty, Volume II

2017

Tarikh al-kdhb book cover

Tarikh al-kdhb

2012

The Truth in Painting book cover

The Truth in Painting

1987

Given Time book cover

Given Time

I. Counterfeit Money

1991

Glas book cover

Glas

1974

Echographies of Television book cover

Echographies of Television

Filmed Interviews

1997

On Touching book cover

On Touching

Jean-Luc Nancy (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) by Jacques Derrida

1998

Archive Fever book cover

Archive Fever

A Freudian Impression

1995

Memoires book cover

Memoires

for Paul de Man

1986

The Post Card book cover

The Post Card

From Socrates to Freud and Beyond

1980

Dissemination book cover

Dissemination

1972

Athens, Still Remains book cover

Athens, Still Remains

The Photographs of Jean-François Bonhomme

2009

Edmund Husserl's "Origin of Geometry" book cover

Edmund Husserl's "Origin of Geometry"

An Introduction

1961

Points… book cover

Points…

Interviews, 1974-1994

1992

Of Hospitality book cover

Of Hospitality

1997

Ethics, Institutions, and the Right to Philosophy book cover

Ethics, Institutions, and the Right to Philosophy

2002

The Archeology of the Frivolous book cover

The Archeology of the Frivolous

Reading Condillac

1973

Writing and Difference book cover

Writing and Difference

1967

Who's Afraid of Philosophy? book cover

Who's Afraid of Philosophy?

Right to Philosophy 1

2002

Différance

1968

The Ear of the Other book cover

The Ear of the Other

1985

The Politics of Friendship book cover

The Politics of Friendship

1994

Without Alibi book cover

Without Alibi

2002

PARAGES book cover

PARAGES

1986

The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume II book cover

The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume II

2010

Adieu to Emmanuel Lévinas book cover

Adieu to Emmanuel Lévinas

1997

A Farmácia de Platão book cover

A Farmácia de Platão

1968

Force de Loi. Le "Fondement mystique de L'autorité" book cover

Force de Loi. Le "Fondement mystique de L'autorité"

1991

A Taste for the Secret book cover

A Taste for the Secret

1997

Ghostly Demarcations book cover

Ghostly Demarcations

A Symposium on Jacques Derrida's "Specters of Marx"

1999

Rogues book cover

Rogues

Two Essays on Reason

2003

Deconstruction and Criticism book cover

Deconstruction and Criticism

1979

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret book cover

The Gift of Death and Literature in Secret

2008

Margins of Philosophy book cover

Margins of Philosophy

1972

Aporias book cover

Aporias

1993

Resistances of Psychoanalysis book cover

Resistances of Psychoanalysis

2014

Eyes of the University book cover

Eyes of the University

Right to Philosophy 2

1999

Copy, Archive, Signature book cover

Copy, Archive, Signature

A Conversation on Photography

2010

Limited Inc book cover

Limited Inc

1988

Learning to Live Finally book cover

Learning to Live Finally

The Last Interview

2005

Specters of Marx book cover

Specters of Marx

The State of the Debt, the Work of Mourning and the New International

1993

Speech and Phenomena and Other Essays on Husserl's Theory of Signs book cover

Speech and Phenomena and Other Essays on Husserl's Theory of Signs

1967

Chora L Works book cover

Chora L Works

1997

Artaud the Moma book cover

Artaud the Moma

2002

Psyche book cover

Psyche

Inventions of the Other, Volume II

2008

Acts of Literature book cover

Acts of Literature

1991

The Work of Mourning book cover

The Work of Mourning

2001

Theory and Practice book cover

Theory and Practice

2019

Correspondace - Briefwechsel - Correspondencia book cover

Correspondace - Briefwechsel - Correspondencia

2016

Before the Law book cover

Before the Law

The Complete Text of Préjugés

1985

The Derrida Reader book cover

The Derrida Reader

Writing Performances

1998

Right of Inspection book cover

Right of Inspection

1999

Memoirs of the Blind book cover

Memoirs of the Blind

The Self-Portrait and Other Ruins

1990

Psyche book cover

Psyche

Inventions of the Other, Volume I

1987

The Death Penalty, Volume I (Volume 1) book cover

The Death Penalty, Volume I (Volume 1)

2013

Khôra book cover

Khôra

1990

The Problem of Genesis in Husserl's Philosophy book cover

The Problem of Genesis in Husserl's Philosophy

1992

For What Tomorrow… book cover

For What Tomorrow…

A Dialogue

2001

The Derrida-Habermas Reader book cover

The Derrida-Habermas Reader

2006

The Animal That Therefore I Am book cover

The Animal That Therefore I Am

2006

The Secret Art of Antonin Artaud book cover

The Secret Art of Antonin Artaud

1998

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