Category Archives: Jacques Derrida

Reading texts, the canon, and historical access

Posted on August 9, 2010 by stuartelden

Having been away for the weekend I feel like the blog debate that has been going on about Derrida and realism has largely passed me by. That’s fine, in a sense, because it’s not something I’m especially concerned with. (You … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Gottfried Leibniz, Jacques Derrida, Jane Bennett, Jean Bodin, Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, Michel Foucault, Robert Filmer, The Birth of Territory, Thomas Hobbes | 2 Comments

Zizek, Derrida and other lecturers

Posted on July 4, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has a followup to my post on Zizek here. He draws an interesting comparison between Zizek and Derrida as speakers. I heard Derrida speak twice – once was a setpiece event in Oxford, which was called ‘A Short … Continue reading →

Posted in Jacques Derrida, Judith Butler, Peter Sloterdijk, Slavoj Zizek, Society and Space | 4 Comments

Heidegger and Derrida

Posted on May 5, 2010 by stuartelden

This very good video has been doing the rounds. I think a lot of people sympathise with the character on the right… I have to admit I recognise myself in the one on the left. Warning: lots of swearing

Posted in Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger | Leave a comment