Derrida, Jacques

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Name
Derrida, Jacques Gender: M
born on 15 July 1930 at 08:30 (= 08:30 AM )
Place El Biar, Algeria, 35n30, 6e04
Timezone GMT h0w (is standard time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_cancol.18.gif 22°07' s_mo.18.gif s_piscol.18.gif 11°38 Asc.s_vircol.18.gif 10°06'



Biography

French-Algerian philosopher and educator who taught at the Sorbonne 1960-1964 and at the ENS from 1965. His writing is a continuation of ideas developed by Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger and Saussure, a concern with the definition of how the human mind works, as well as the unconscious. His books include "Speech and Writing," and "Writing and Difference."

The philosopher died of pancreatic cancer on October 8, 2004 in Paris. He was 74.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

  • Work : New Career 1960 (Began teaching at Sorbonne)
  • Work : New Job 1965 (Began at ENS)
  • Death by Disease 8 October 2004 (in Paris of pancreatic cancer, age 74)

Source Notes

B.C. in hand from Steinbrecher

Categories

  • Vocation : Education : Teacher (Sorbonne, ENS)
  • Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Workings of the human mind)
  • Traits : Mind : Exceptional mind
  • Vocation : Writers : Religion/ Philosophy (Philosophy continuum)
  • Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Philosopher/ Humanist (Philosopher)
  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer

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