What is Jacques Derrida?
'''Jacques Derrida''' (15 July 1930 - 9 October 2004) was a [[France|French]] [[philosopher]]. He was born in [[El Biar]], [[French Algeria]] into a family of [[Sephardi Jews]].<ref>[http://www.economist.com/node/3308320?story_id=3308320 Economist obituary]</ref> originally from [[Toledo, Spain]]. He developed a form of [[semiotics|semiotic]] [[analysis]] known as [[deconstruction]]. His work is called [[Poststructuralism|post-structualism]] and associated with [[Postmodernism|postmodern philosophy]]. He died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in a [[Paris]] [[hospital]]. == References == <references/> {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Derrida, Jacques}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century French philosophers]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in France]] [[Category:Continental philosophers]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:French socialists]] [[Category:Jewish French academics]] [[Category:Jewish French scientists]] [[Category:Semioticians]] [[Category:Social democrats]] {{bio-stub}}