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Jacques Derrida

1930 - 2004

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Jacques Derrida (; French: [ʒak dɛʁida]; born Jackie Élie Derrida; 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was a French Algerian philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in a number of his texts, and which was developed through close readings of the linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure and Husserlian and Heideggerian phenomenology. He is one of the major figures associated with post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy although he distanced himself from post-structuralism and disavowed the word "postmodernity". During his career, Derrida published over 40 books, together with hundreds of essays and public presentations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Derrida is the 98th most popular philosopher (up from 103rd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 5th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Algerian Philosopher.

Jacques Derrida is most famous for his deconstruction of the Western philosophical tradition.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jacques Derrida ranks 98 out of 1,267Before him are Johann Gottfried Herder, John of Damascus, Aristippus, George Berkeley, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and Carl von Clausewitz. After him are Walter Benjamin, Jean Bodin, Al-Tabari, Friedrich Fröbel, Roger Bacon, and Boethius.

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Among people born in 1930, Jacques Derrida ranks 12Before him are George Soros, Michael Collins, Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Helmut Kohl, and Anton LaVey. After him are Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Pierre Bourdieu, Steve McQueen, Mobutu Sese Seko, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and Jean-Luc Godard. Among people deceased in 2004, Jacques Derrida ranks 4Before him are Ronald Reagan, Yasser Arafat, and Marlon Brando. After him are Ahmed Yassin, Juliana of the Netherlands, Ray Charles, Estée Lauder, Czesław Miłosz, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Francis Crick.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Jacques Derrida ranks 6 out of 213Before him are Augustine of Hippo (354), Albert Camus (1913), Macrinus (164), Apuleius (125), and Tariq ibn Ziyad (670). After him are Yves Saint Laurent (1936), Jugurtha (-160), Saint Monica (332), Louis Althusser (1918), Édouard-Henri Avril (1849), and Ahmed Ben Bella (1916).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Algeria

Among philosophers born in Algeria, Jacques Derrida ranks 2Before him are Augustine of Hippo (354). After him are Louis Althusser (1918), Martianus Capella (360), Jacques Rancière (1940), Marcus Cornelius Fronto (100), Priscian (500), Émile Boirac (1851), and Catherine Malabou (1959).