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Article: `DERRIDA' AN AMUSING PORTRAIT OF THE MASTER OF DECONSTRUCTION
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2003
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In the right academic circles, France's Jacques Derrida is the
Mick Jagger of cultural philosophy. He opens his mouth, and the girls
go nuts. Years ago, for his Yale lecture series, he even had groupies
- adoring flocks of young women who hogged the front rows and were
called the Derridettes. With Derrida, now 72, it's easy to understand
the appeal to grad students. He has an iconoclastic idea of identity,
and he conceived a complex critical philosophy known as
deconstruction, which essentially negates an author's intention and
opens his work to every and any interpretation.
Plus, he's still sort of a looker, with his ruddy tan and white
hair that often needs a professional taming. ...