Who Was Jacques Derrida?: An Intellectual Biography

David Mikics

Who Was Jacques Derrida?: An Intellectual Biography
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Yale University Press
Country
United States
Published
26 October 2010
Pages
296
ISBN
9780300168112

Who Was Jacques Derrida?: An Intellectual Biography

David Mikics

Who Was Jacques Derrida? is the first intellectual biography of Derrida, the first full-scale appraisal of his career, his influence, and his philosophical roots. It is also the first attempt to define his crucial importance as the ambassador of theory, the phenomenon that has had a profound influence on academic life in the humanities. Mikics lucidly and sensitively describes for the general reader Derrida’s deep connection to his Jewish roots. He succinctly defines his vision of philosophy as a discipline that resists psychology. While pointing out the flaws of that vision and Derrida’s betrayal of his most adamantly expounded beliefs, Mikics ultimately concludes that Derrida was neither so brilliantly right nor so badly wrong as his enthusiasts and critics, respectively, claimed.

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