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27 quotes by Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida (/ʒɑːk ˈdɛrɨdə/; French: [ʒak dɛʁida]; born Jackie Élie Derrida; July 15, 1930 – October 9, 2004) was a French philosopher, born in Algeria. Derrida is best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction, which he discussed in numerous texts. He is one of the major figures associated with post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy. During his career Derrida published more than 40 books,...
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Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture.

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Every discourse, even a poetic or oracular sentence, carries with it a system of rules for producing analogous things and thus an outline of... →

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In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language... →

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I do not believe in pure idioms. I think there is naturally a desire, for whoever speaks or writes, to sign in an idiomatic, irreplaceable manner.

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I do everything I think possible or acceptable to escape from this trap.

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Why is it the philosopher who is expected to be easier and not some scientist who is even more inaccessible?

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I have always had school sickness, as others have seasickness. I cried when it was time to go back to school long after I was old enough to be... →

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No one gets angry at a mathematician or a physicist whom he or she doesn't understand, or at someone who speaks a foreign language, but rather at... →

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We are all mediators, translators.

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If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but competent, rigorously argued, and carrying... →

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To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

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I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles.

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The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages.

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