Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-243) and index
Algeria -- Paris and the ENS -- After ENS -- The first book -- Against structuralism -- Structures in French thought -- 1967 -- Avant-garde philosophy -- America: Derrida as literary theory -- Glas -- GREPH -- Yale -- The post card -- Nietzsche and Heidegger -- The 1980s -- 1987-90, deconstruction and National Socialism -- Autobiographical years, 1990-91 -- The future of democracy and the very worst moment of capitalism -- Derrida's world: confronting Marx -- The Politics of friendship -- Derrida's religion -- Thoughtful welcoming of the other, Death -- 2000 onwards
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At the time of his death in 2004, Jacques Derrida was arguably the most influential and the most controversial thinker in contemporary philosophy. This title offers a biographical overview of this important philosopher, drawing on Derrida's own accounts of his life, as well as the narratives of friends and colleagues