Author:
Peeters, Benoît, 1956- author.
Edition Statement:English edition.
ImprintCambridge, UK : Polity, [2013]
Descriptionviii, 629 p. : ill. (some color) ; 24 cm
Note:Introduction -- Part I. Jackie 1930-1962: The negus 1930-1942 ; Under the sun of Algiers 1942-1949 ; The walls of Louis-le-Grand 1949-1852 ; The Ecole Normale Superieure 1952-1956 ; A year in America 1956-1957 ; The soldier of Kolea 1957-1959 ; Melancholia in Le Mans 1959-1960 ; Towards independence 1960-1962 -- Part II. Derrida 1963-1983: From Husserl to Artaud 1963-1964 ; In the shadow of Althusser 1963-1966 ; Writing itself 1965-1966 ; A lucky year 1967 ; A period of withdrawal 1968 ; Uncomfortable positions 1969-1971 ; Severed ties 1972-1973 ; Glas 1973-7975 ; In support of philosophy 1973-1976 ; Another life 1976-1977 ; From the Nouveaux philosophies to the Estates General 1977-1979 ; Postcards and proofs 1979-1981 ; Night in Prague 1981-1982 ; A new hand of cards 1982-1983 -- Part III. Jacques Derrida 1984-2004: The territories of deconstruction 1984-1986 ; From the Heidegger affair to the de Man affair 1987-1988 ; Living memory 1988-1990 ; Portrait of the philosopher at sixty ; At the frontiers of the institution 1991-1992 ; Of deconstruction in America ; Specters of Marx 1993-1995 ; The Derrida International 1996-1999 ; The time of dialogue 2000-2002 ; In life and death 2003-2004.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Draws on personal papers, correspondence, and interviews with colleagues, students, and friends to describe the impact of political turmoil on Derrida's childhood and education.
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