Derrida: A Biography

Another Life 1976–1977 297 of Søren Kierkegaard, published in March 1977 in the series ‘La philosophie en eff et’, took the very ...

11 From the Nouveaux Philosophes to the Estates General 1977–1979 Ever since the beginning of the TV programme Apostrophes on 10 ...

Nouveaux Philosophes to Estates General 1977–1979 299 and Le Nouvel Observateur, the ‘new philosophy’ split the intel- lectual w ...

300 Derrida 1963–1983 of philosophers whom he esteemed ‘and also to many who are still very young’.^3 Jean-Luc Nancy and Philipp ...

Nouveaux Philosophes to Estates General 1977–1979 301 Obs, from Playboy to Le Monde, from France-Culture to TF1, Antenne 2, Fran ...

302 Derrida 1963–1983 Meanwhile, the publishing activities of Derrida and the three co-directors of ‘La philosophie en eff et’ w ...

Nouveaux Philosophes to Estates General 1977–1979 303 Over the next few months, things did not get any easier – quite the opposi ...

304 Derrida 1963–1983 us call them theoretico-political aims that interested me, yes, and that interested you too, I think. [.. ...

Nouveaux Philosophes to Estates General 1977–1979 305 Today, neither among those philosophers who are in the slight- est bit awa ...

306 Derrida 1963–1983 B.-H. Lévy: I am amazed to see that when somebody (I’ve been given leave to speak, so I will) starts to ex ...

Nouveaux Philosophes to Estates General 1977–1979 307 an interview between P. Sollers and B.-H. Lévy, the latter claims to have ...

12 Postcards and Proofs 1979–1981 At the symposium on the work of Peter Szondi held in Paris on 23 June 1979, Derrida met someon ...

Postcards and Proofs 1979–1981 309 Avital Ronell had been born in Prague in 1952. Her parents, Israeli diplomats, had lived in N ...

310 Derrida 1963–1983 Derrida said that he, too, had enjoyed this experience: ‘It was very strange, rich and ultimately very mys ...

Postcards and Proofs 1979–1981 311 In another context, with other protagonists, things could have turned into a soap opera. With ...

312 Derrida 1963–1983 the ‘Envois’, so greatly was he ‘enthralled, captivated, and some- times moved’. ‘Independently of any dec ...

Postcards and Proofs 1979–1981 313 spite of all my eff orts, many of these eff ects disappeared in the translation.^15 Hans-Joac ...

314 Derrida 1963–1983 philosophy by philosophers... But what happens when, all of a sudden, Jacques Derrida decides to tackle li ...

Postcards and Proofs 1979–1981 315 Parmentier. Even though his relation with Derrida had gone through some tricky patches, and t ...

316 Derrida 1963–1983 election would be a mere formality. An opportunity like this would probably not come by again for a long t ...