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Article: DERRIDA COMES TO TOWN.(Jacques Derrida)
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- Arena Magazine
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- December 1, 1999
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MORAL PANIC IN THE MEDIA CIRCUS
You know that a critic or theorist has achieved fame when they feature in a pop song. F.R. Leavis reached stardom in a song by TISM. Also enshrined with the immortals is Jacques Derrida after a funky number by Scritti Politti from 1981. (Fans can download it from
.) When this kind of celebrity comes all the way to Australia, there is sure to be a hullabaloo.
In August 1999, the man often described as the world's most influential living philosopher, and the founder of deconstruction, Jacques Derrida, visited Melbourne and Sydney. At the invitation of Kevin Hart, Derrida delivered a lecture and participated in a smaller ...