Definition of Derrida

1. Noun. French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004).

Exact synonyms: Jacques Derrida
Generic synonyms: Literary Critic, Philosopher

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Literary usage of Derrida

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Conceptions of Social Inquiry by J. J. Snyman (1993)
"Spivak in Derrida, 1980:xix), Derrida maintains that the sphere of ... The earlier discussion of Hume and Nietzsche as precursors of Derrida has already ..."

2. Shame about the Title: Poems that Point and Snicker by Matt Fitzgerald (1994)
"—Jacques Derrida * Lamentably, I could not muster enough energy to track down the exact quote, hence this is only a paraphrase. Is that bad? ..."

3. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"Theorie d'ensemble, Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1968; J. Derrida, Dissemination (trans., with an introduction and additional notes by Barbara Johnson), ..."

4. Passive Tranquility: The Sculpture of Filippo Della Valle by Vernon Hyde Minor (1997)
"As Derrida appraises Kant's analytic of aesthetic judgment, ... 125 Just as Derrida problematizes and deconstructs Kant's philosophy of the parergon, ..."

5. The Socius of Architecture: Amsterdam, Tokyo, New York by Ad Graafland (2000)
"8 Jacques Derrida, 'A letter to Peter Eisenman', and Peter Eisenman, 'Post/El Cards; a reply to Jacques Derrida', in An exchange between Jacques Derrida and ..."

6. Architectural Bodies by Ad Graafland, Michael Speaks (1996)
"According to Derrida, these are included in a space which they no longer dominate.5 ... By stretching architecture to its textual limits, Derrida creates a ..."

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