Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Philosopher, founder of deconstruction and influential theorist of language and meaning.
1930, El Biar, Algeria — 2004, Paris, France
Algeria · France · United States
Jacques Derrida is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Philosopher, founder of deconstruction and influential theorist of language and meaning.
Derrida was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, the founder of deconstruction, a mode of reading that exposed the instabilities of language, meaning and hierarchy across philosophy, literature and law. His many works reshaped the humanities worldwide. He was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in French Algeria and was expelled from school as a boy under the antisemitic Vichy laws.
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Philosopher, founder of deconstruction and influential theorist of language and meaning.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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