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Jacques Derrida died

Deconstruction icon Derrida dies
Jacques Derrida
Critics blasted his writings as absurd
Jacques Derrida, one of France's most famous philosophers, has died at the age of 74.

Derrida, who suffered from cancer, died in a Paris hospital on Friday night.

The Algerian-born philosopher is best known for his "deconstruction theory" - unpicking the way text is put together in order to reveal its hidden meanings.

Fellow academics have charged that Derrida's writings are "absurd", but his mark on modern thinking is undisputed, correspondents say.

I just realized this, after I saw an interview with him on France 3, featuring his latest book: Philosophy in a Time of Terror
Dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida
(by Giovanna Borradori)

"The concepts with which this 'event' has most often been described, named, categorised, are the products of a 'dogmatic slumber' from which only a new philosophical reflection can awaken us, a reflection on philosophy, most notably on political philosophy and its heritage. The prevailing discourse, that of the media and of the official rhetoric, relies too readily on received concepts like 'war' or 'terrorism' (national and international)."
A long and very interesting view on 9/11.

Derrida according to Wikipedia

Posted on October 15, 2004
in Limit of my knowledge

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