Jacques Derrida: A Personal Testimony 1981-2004



• Jacques Derrida: A Personal Testimony 1981-2004

  Item Type	Journal Article
  Author	Richard Kearney
  Abstract	I offer here some memories of my encounters with Derrida over the years. I do so in the spirit of a testimony to his person and philosophy, recalling several exchanges ranging from our first dialogue in Paris in 1982 to later conversations in Dublin and Villanova in the 1990s to our final meeting in New York in 2001. Several of these stories are intimate and anecdotal and I share them as a token of our personal friendship as much as a tribute to Derrida’s persona as a world thinker and writer.
  Date	2025
  Language	English
  Rights	© 2025 by Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural
  Volume	81
  Pages	613-622
  Publication	Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
  DOI	10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0613
  Issue	1-2
  Journal Abbr	RPF
  ISSN	0870-5283 ; 2183-461X
  Date Added	5/2/2025, 4:40:07 PM
  Modified	5/2/2025, 5:18:16 PM

  Tags:

  • deconstruction, Derrida, dialogue, hermeneutics, messianicity, phenomenology, testimony.

  Notes:

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