Derrida: A Biography

Uncomfortable Positions 1969–1971 217 had in hypokhâgne in Le Mans, before being Gérard Granel’s student in Bordeaux. Coming acr ...

218 Derrida 1963–1983 shamefaced, when I needed to respond shortly afterwards (but then, immediately, his benevolence, dazzling, ...

Uncomfortable Positions 1969–1971 219 The summer was overshadowed by this worsening illness, as the doctors could not come up wi ...

220 Derrida 1963–1983 really glad to see has attained independence, and, basically, is functioning okay, but also bogged down in ...

Uncomfortable Positions 1969–1971 221 The text of the author of Capital was ‘stratifi ed, diversifi ed, has no “truth” ’, but it ...

222 Derrida 1963–1983 liquidate the Palestinian resistance’, calling on ‘public opinion and all democratic forces to bring about ...

Uncomfortable Positions 1969–1971 223 people might one day place such importance on the ‘literary talent’ (which must also be ac ...

224 Derrida 1963–1983 marking, ‘in all the essays’ he had published, ‘a departure from the Heideggerean problematic’.^46 The nex ...

Uncomfortable Positions 1969–1971 225 The ‘new academic year’ did indeed start in a highly radical- ized atmosphere. At Tel Quel ...

226 Derrida 1963–1983 The fi rst weeks were basically given over to tourism. With their fi rst car, a white Citroën Ami 6 which ...

Uncomfortable Positions 1969–1971 227 In Paris, the course Derrida had given us in 1970 was on Lautréamont; I’d been fascinated ...

228 Derrida 1963–1983 of the same name, delighted the audience. At Johns Hopkins, on 6 November, Derrida gave another important ...

Uncomfortable Positions 1969–1971 229 sheer level of what you’re writing.’^62 The issue of Promesse with its major Derrida inter ...

7 Severed Ties 1972–1973 It was New Year, 1972. This was the time of year to exchange good wishes, a habit to which Derrida woul ...

Severed Ties 1972–1973 231 expressed my disagreement with the way Daily Life in Revolutionary China had been banned at the Fête ...

232 Derrida 1963–1983 a month after these events, the Maoist activist Pierre Overney was murdered by a guard at the gates of the ...

Severed Ties 1972–1973 233 I try never to defi ne my position, in a theoretical or political debate, by giving way to any potent ...

234 Derrida 1963–1983 The relations between Derrida and the Communist Party are worth dwelling on. Michael Sprinker’s interview ...

Severed Ties 1972–1973 235 to write a brief letter of homage during one of his brief stays in Paris. Treating Derrida as a pure ...

236 Derrida 1963–1983 that is kept silent, and fascinating: his solitude comes from what he is going to say.^15 Derrida was part ...