An Event, Perhaps: A Biography of Jacques Derrida PDF
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An Event, Perhaps An Event, Perhaps A Biography of Jacques Derrida Peter Salmon First published by Verso 2020 © Peter Salmon 2020 All rights reserved The moral rights of the author have been asserted 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Verso UK: 6 Meard Street, London W1F 0EG US: 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 11201 versobooks.com Verso is the imprint of New Left Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78873-280-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-78873-283-3 (US EBK) ISBN-13: 978-1-78873-282-6 (UK EBK) British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Salmon, Peter, 1955– author. Title: An event, perhaps : a biography of Jacques Derrida / Peter Salmon. Description: London ; New York : Verso, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “An introduction to the life and work of the philosopher Jacques Derrida”— Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2020021106 (print) | LCCN 2020021107 (ebook) | ISBN 9781788732802 | ISBN 9781788732833 (US ebk) Subjects: LCSH: Derrida, Jacques. Classification: LCC B2430.D484 S275 2020 (print) | LCC B2430.D484 (ebook) | DDC 194 [B]— dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020021106 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020021107 Typeset in Sabon by MJ & N Gavan, Truro, Cornwall Printed in the UK by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon CR0 4YY To Fiona I have sometimes been troubled by a doubt whether what is true in one case may not be true in all. Then, when I have reached that point, I am driven to retreat, for fear of tumbling into a bottomless pit of nonsense. – Socrates (Plato, Parmenides) I’d never say this in public – I still love beautiful books and believe in them. – Jacques Derrida Contents Introduction 1. The Kid 2. Husserl et al. 3. Problems of Origin 4. Jacques Derrida 5. An Event, Perhaps 6. Of Grammatology 7. Supposing That Truth Is a Woman – What Then? 8. Here Comes Everybody 9. Before the Law 10. Of God 11. An Event Has Occurred Acknowledgements Notes Index
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