Jacques Derrida

Speech and Phenomena

Critique of phenomenology and voice-centered philosophy

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Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida

Algerian-French philosopher who founded deconstruction, a method of reading that exposes the hidden contradictions and assumptions in texts. Of Grammatology and Writing and Difference inaugurated a new era in literary theory and continental philosophy. His work transformed the humanities but was bitterly contested.

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