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In Jacques Derrida: Opening Lines, Marian Hobson gives us a thorough and elegant analysis of this controversial and seminal contemporary thinker. Looking closely at the language and the construction of some of Derrida's philosophy, Hobson suggests the way he writes, indeed the fact he writes in another language, affects how he can be understood by English speakers.This superb study on the question of language will make illuminating reading for anyone studying or engaged with Derrida's show more philosophy. show less

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Geoffrey Bennington is Asa G. Candler Professor of Modern French Thought at Emory University.

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Jacques Derrida
Original title
Jacques Derrida
Original publication date
1991-03; 1993 (USA) (USA)
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Jacques Derrida

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Philosophy, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Literature Studies and Criticism
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194Philosophy and PsychologyModern western philosophyPhilosophy of France
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B2430 .D484 .B4613Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionPhilosophy (General)By periodModernBy region or country
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