Jacques Derrida (1930+2004)

Jacques Derrida

FRENCH PHILOSOPHER

WRITTEN BY: 

• The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

LAST UPDATED: Jul 11, 2019 See Article History

Alternative Title: Jackie Derrida

Jacques Derrida, (born July 15, 1930, El Biar, Algeria—died October 8, 2004, Paris, France), French philosopher whose critique of Western philosophy and analyses of the nature of language, writing, and meaning were highly controversial yet immensely influential in much of the intellectual world in the late 20th century.

READ MORE ON THIS TOPIC

continental philosophy: Derrida

The other major representative of philosophical post-structuralism is Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), who burst onto the phi