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Article: Derrida's deconstructionist influence reached into field of Jewish studies
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- Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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- October 21, 2004
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Seidenberg, David
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
10-21-2004
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 (JTA) -- Jacques Derrida, the founder of
"deconstructionism" who died recently in Paris, will be remembered as one
of the most important philosophers and Jewish thinkers of the past century.
Derrida's impact reached not only the fields of philosophy and literary
theory, it also opened the door for new blood and fresh ideas in Jewish
Studies.
Derrida's academic followers in the United States were responsible for
popularizing the study of midrash and the use of midrashic ideas to comment
on all varieties of literature. His work opened the door for rabbinic texts
and methods to become popular in the secular academy, beyond ...
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