These critics organize and practice in my case a sort of obsessive personality cult which philosophers should know how to question and above all, to moderate. Jacques Derrida casecriticcult Change image and share on social
My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. Jacques Derrida aliveclaimecho Change image and share on social
Why is it the philosopher who is expected to be easier and not some scientist who is even more inaccessible? Jacques Derrida easyexpectinaccessible Change image and share on social
The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages. Jacques Derrida dominantlanguagemedium Change image and share on social
I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan. Jacques Derrida africanbadhooligan Change image and share on social
I have always had school sickness, as others have seasickness. I cried when it was time to go back to school long after I was old enough to be ashamed of such behavior. Jacques Derrida ashamedbackbehavior Change image and share on social