Jacques Derrida
French-Algerian · 1930–2004
French-Algerian philosopher who developed deconstruction, a critical approach that interrogates the assumptions underlying Western metaphysics.
Wikipedia ↗“Il n'y a pas de hors-texte.”
Français
“There is nothing outside the text.”
Of Grammatology ↗ (1967)
“Pour feindre, je fais effectivement la chose : je n'ai donc fait que feindre de feindre.”
Français
“To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.”
Dissemination ↗ (1972)