Derrida, Jacques

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Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher (1930–2004), who is considered by some to be rather controversial in relation to his concept of “deconstruction” — a complex and nuanced approach to how we read and understand the nature of written texts. In an egalitarian kind of way he believed that we are all, “mediators and translators.” He said too that he never gave in to, “the temptation to be difficult just for the sake of being difficult.”

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Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher (1930–2004), who is considered by some to be rather controversial in relation to his concept of 'deconstruction' — a complex and nuanced approach to how we read and understand the nature of written texts. In an egalitarian kind of way he believed that we are all, 'mediators and translators.' He said too that he never gave in to, “the temptation to be difficult just for the sake of being difficult.'
“I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe.”

✎ “THERE’S NOTHING OUTSIDE OF THE TEXT”
A “101” on Derrida (Editable PDF).

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