counterculture, 71 , 137
Course in General Linguistics(Saus-
sure), 78
Crémieux decree ( 1870 ), 16
Crews, Frederick, 111
Crisis of the European Sciences
(Husserl), 46
Critical Inquiry(journal), 202 , 207 ,
208 , 209 , 210 – 11
Critique(journal), 64 , 116
Dasein (Heideggerian concept),
34 , 135
death, 55 – 56 , 57 , 64 , 195 – 96 , 218 ,
241 ; comments in Derrida’s last
interview, 242 – 43 ; “death of the
author,” 93 ; escape from, 58 ;exis-
tential angst and, 134 , 135 ;Fou-
cault’s obsession with, 68 ;Freud’s
death drive, 174 , 178 ; memory
and, 106 ; subjectivity and, 86 – 87 ;
writing as principle of, 77 – 78
deconstruction, 2 , 4 , 7 , 9 , 219 ;in
China, 234 ; de Man affair and,
202 , 203 , 210 , 218 ; Derrida’s in-
vention of, 71 ; ethics and, 94 ,
201 ; existentialism compared
with, 200 ; exposure of paradox,
64 ; fascism and, 192 ; Freud
and, 107 ; Greek philosophy and,
129 ; historical moment and, 65 ;
Husserl and, 40 ; impossibility of
defining, 244 ; justice and, 220 – 23 ;
limits of, 141 ; Marxism and, 228 ;
on misreading, 10 ; paradox of,
99 ; psychoanalysis and, 104 , 114 ;
as quasi-revolutionary force, 11 ;
in United States, 182 ; waning
prestige of, 218 , 227
de Gaulle, Charles, 18 , 130
Deleuze, Gilles, 165
de Man, Hendrik, 194
de Man, Paul, 7 , 183 ; career in
United States, 197 – 98 ; critique of
Derrida’s Grammatology, 58 ;Der-
rida’s friendship with, 3 , 93 – 94 ,
195 , 196 , 197 ;at Johns Hopkins
conference, 93 – 94 ; on Rousseau,
199 – 200
de Man Nazi scandal, 182 , 184 , 185 ,
190 – 98 , 216 ; biblical reference
and, 232 ; Derrida’s defense of
de Man, 3 – 4 , 202 – 11 , 214 , 220 ,
227 , 245 – 46 ; ethics of deconstruc-
tion and, 201 – 2 ; “The Jews and
Contemporary Literature,” 194 ,
203 – 7 ; political impact of, 217 – 18.
See also Le Soir(newspaper), de
Man articles in
democracy, 217 , 229 , 230
Derrida(film), 28 , 239 – 43
Derrida, Aimé (father), 13 , 15 , 21 , 156
Derrida, Daniel (son), 25
Derrida, Georgette Safar (mother),
13 , 15 , 218 – 19
Derrida, Jacques, works of:Archive
Fever, 180 , 236 ;“Circumfession,”
219 ; “Cogito and the History of
Madness” lecture, 66 – 69 , 120 ;
Dissemination, 144 ; “‘Genesis and
Structure’ and Phenomenology”
lecture, 41 – 42 , 44 , 46 , 49 , 117 ;
Glas, 140 ; “Limited INC,” 164 ;
Margins of Philosophy, 130 , 135 ;
The Other Heading, 217 ; “Phi-
losopher’s Hell” interview,
214 – 15 ;Philosophy in a Time of
Te r r o r, 237 – 39 ; “Plato’s Phar-
macy,” 71 , 73 , 141 , 144 ;The Politics
of Friendship, 217 ;The Post Card:Index 261