Derrida, founder of deconstructionism, dies at 74
The slippery french philosopher is gone. Joining other greats I remember studying at Uni… Foucault, Camus, Satre. Another of the giants is gone, but there is room now for more. The era of Moderna French Philosophy as a movement is more or less gone, although it was never really a coherent school of thought, more an overlapping of various thinkers lives. Postmodernism still exists incarnate in the body of Baudrillard, who now no doubt holds the title of most-famous-living-french-philosopher. Lucky guy.
I feel a bit sad, I had the chance to see Derrida talk a while back and passed on it. I’ve missed that small tenuous connection with history.
