Derrida A Biography - Benot Peeters

This Biography Of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) Tells The Story Of A Jewish Boy From Algiers, Excluded From School At The Age Of Twelve, Who Went On To Become The Most Widely Translated French Philosopher In The World - A Vulnerable, Tormented Man Who, Throughout His Life, Continued To See Himself As Unwelcome In The French University System. We Are Plunged Into The Different Worlds In Which Derrida Lived And Worked: Pre-independence Algeria, The Microcosm Of The Cole Normale Suprieure, The Cluster Of Structuralist Thinkers, And The Turbulent Events Of 1968 And After. We Meet The Remarkable Series Of Leading Writers And Philosophers With Whom Derrida Struck Up A Friendship: Louis Althusser, Emmanuel Levinas, Jean Genet, And Hlne Cixous, Among Others.