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Desconstrução: 20 anos após a morte de Derrida

Desconstrução: 20 anos após a morte de Derrida

Deconstruction 20 years after Derrida’s Death. Editors: Andreas Gonçalves Lind; Gaetano Piccolo. 2025, Volume 81, No. 1-2.

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Deconstruction 20 years after Derrida’s Death

Desconstrução: 20 anos após a morte de Derrida

Editor Andreas Gonçalves Lind
Editor Gaetano Piccolo
Rights © 2025 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural | © 2025 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
Publication Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
Volume 81
Issue 1-2
Place Braga
Publisher Axioma - Publicações da Faculdade de Filosofia

ISBN

9789726973898 (Paperback) ; 9789726973904 (eBook)

ISSN

0870-5283; 2183-461X
Date 2025
DOI 10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0000
Language English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
# of Pages 650
Date Added 01/05/2025
Modified 01/05/2025
Presentation
The year 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), one of the most significant philosophers of our time. This milestone provides an opportunity to reexamine his work, which has had a lasting impact on Western philosophy. With this in mind, we embarked on the journey of assembling this volume, which is now being published.
Although initially influenced by the phenomenological tradition of Husserl, Derrida quickly departed from his predecessors by demonstrating how phenomenological reduction either cannot be achieved or fails to correspond to the phenomenon that we observe in its pure form.
It was in this context that Derrida diverged from the “metaphysics of presence,” a defining characteristic of Western philosophy that emphasizes the primacy of presence in thought. This expression, “metaphysics of presence,” encompasses various forms of “presence,” including the presence of objects in time, the determination of being as presence, and the presence of the subject in relation to another subject at an epistemological level. According to Derrida, even if this is the only possible metaphysics, it cannot be fully defined. The metaphysics of presence permeates not only philosophy but also linguistics, literature, economics, art criticism, political science, and even theology.
Having begun his philosophical journey by studying Husserl’s phenomenology, particularly regarding the question of the origin and structure of meaning, Derrida remained always close to this philosophical tradition but always sought to deconstruct it. Husserl’s phenomenology sought to reach an original and pure experience of meaning, where phenomena would present themselves transparently to intentional consciousness. This was a method based on phenomenological reduction, i.e., a procedure that eliminated presuppositions and everyday beliefs to arrive at the essence of the phenomenon. 
However, Derrida identified in this approach a certain metaphysical assumption: the belief that it would be possible to attain an absolute point of origin and full meaning, free from external interferences or deviations. At the bottom, it was a philosophy which remained linked to the Cartesian tradition.
Building on this critique, Derrida developed deconstruction, which marks a rupture with the search for pure essences and univocal meanings. Instead of admitting that there is a final foundation accessible to consciousness, he argued that meaning is always deferred, always in process, never fully present. This concept, which he develops through the notion of différance, suggests that meaning arises only in the relation between signs, never in an immediate presence. In this way, he distances himself from Husserl’s approach by showing that any attempt to reduce meaning to a point of transparency encounters the very structure of language, which is always mediated by differences and deferrals.
With this deconstructive gesture, Derrida shifts the philosophical problem of foundation toward an approach that emphasizes instability and the impossibility of a fixed center. Phenomenology, in its attempt to grasp an original experience, would overlook the structural role of writing, difference, and iterability in the constitution of meaning. Deconstruction, in contrast, does not seek to establish a new ultimate foundation but rather to reveal the mechanisms through which philosophical discourse both constitutes and destabilizes itself. In this way, Derrida moves away from the phenomenological horizon by demonstrating that there is no pure and transparent starting point, but rather an endless play of meaning that never reduces to a fixed essence.
The gesture of deconstruction is ultimately an endeavor to cultivate “hospitality” by welcoming the poles that have been overlooked in the dialectic or polarities created by Western metaphysics, such as presence-absence, masculine-feminine, voice-writing, and so forth. One is dealing here with Derrida’s notion of “fold” (in French, pli). It is a fold between seemingly opposing polarities, which, within the phenomenological domain, reveal themselves to be inseparable from one another. In this way, deconstruction serves as a welcoming of différance, in a distance that the subject never overcomes in relation to the text, their own experience, and him- or herself. If the reduction of the phenomenon is possible, it can only occur after the folding of polarities or the khôra, as an indeterminate and athematic place from which any experience may arise. 
Moreover, Derrida’s diverse background as a man of Jewish descent born in Algeria, holding French nationality, and having pursued his academic aspirations for a substantial period in the United States of America, likely resulted in the nuanced and multifaceted perspectives that he brought to his philosophical work. His diverse cultural and academic experiences exposed him to a broad range of social, political, and ideological viewpoints, stimulating the capacity for critical thinking and an ability to appreciate the complexities inherent in any given situation. In light of these background factors, it is reasonable to suggest that Derrida’s personal background may have contributed to his ability to traverse and deconstruct apparent polarities, ultimately shaping the distinctive and influential approach to philosophy for which he is widely renowned.
In commemoration of Jacques Derrida’s memory, the Portuguese Philosophical Journal (RPF – Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia) presents this double volume bringing together contributions from various scholars and researchers in the field.

Contents

Andreas Gonçalves Lind and Gaetano Piccolo, “Deconstruction 20 Years after Derrida’s Death,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 13–16, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0013.

 

Emmanuel Falque, “Réalisme et phénoménologie : Pour une phénoménologie a minima,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 19–42, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0019.

 

Claude Romano, “True Deconstruction,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 43–60, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0043.

 

François Raffoul, “Derrida’s Thinking of the Event,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 61–82, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0061.

 

Carlos Morujão, “Derrida déconstruit la Phénoménologie,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 83–108, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0083.

 

Gaetano Chiurazzi, “A Difference That Makes a Difference: Deconstruction between Energetics and Information,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 109–24, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0109.

 

Valentina Surace, “The Word of Reconciliation: Derrida Listening to Hegels’ Voice-Off,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 127–42, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0127.

 

João Paulo Costa, “« L’étonnement de se sentir exister » : commentaire de Derrida sur la lecture merleau-pontyenne de Maine de Biran,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 143–70, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0143.

 

Frédéric Seyler, “Dionysos « travaillé par la différence » ? Lire « Force et signification » à la lumière de Michel Henry,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 171–88, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0171.

 

Jorge Roggero, “De lo radicalmente otro. El último debate entre Jacques Derrida y Jean-Luc Marion,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 189–206, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0189.

 

Jérôme de Gramont, “Derrida. L’écriture philosophique au travail,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 209–26, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0209.

 

Paul Gilbert, “Autrement qu’autre. Dire et penser l’altérité : une philosophie du paradoxe, de Platon à Derrida,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 227–68, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0227.

 

Andrea Bizzozero, “Autour de l’enseignement de la philosophie. À partir d’une conférence de Jacques Derrida,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 269–98, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0269.

 

Simon Glendinning, “(My) Life in a Community of Friends,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 301–20, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0301.

 

Mina Karavanta, “On the Threshold of Living Together: Deconstructive Inventions of the ‘at Large’ of the World,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 321–42, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0321.

 

Francesco Ferrari, “Jacques Derrida and the Advent of the Reconciliation Paradigm through the Globalization of Avowal,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 343–70, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0343.

 

Claudia Biribao, “The Path to Forgiveness between Derrida’s Deconstruction and Lacan’s Psychoanalysis,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 371–408, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0371.

 

Giustino De Michele, “The Animality of the Letter-Matter. Auto-Hetero-Affection as the Defining Characteristic of a Deconstructive Positive Conception of Materiality,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 409–36, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0409.

 

Michael Naas, “Jacques Derrida’s Faith in Democracy,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 439–60, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0439.

 

Salomé Frémineur, “Politiques derridiennes de l’adresse,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 461–84, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0461.

 

Lorenzo Marannino, “Europe, Crisis, and Deconstruction in the Thought of Jacques Derrida,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 485–522, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0485.

 

Maria Teresa Pacilè, “Auto-Immunity. Jacques Derrida and the Secret of Hospitality,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 523–54, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0523.

 

Pietro Prunotto, “Metamorphosis of Deconstruction: Life, Death, and Technics in Jacques Derrida and Bernard Stiegler,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 557–82, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0557.

 

Robyn Horner, “Receiving Derrida’s Inheritance: The Deconstruction of Tradition,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 583–612, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0583.

 

Richard Kearney, “Jacques Derrida: A Personal Testimony 1981-2004,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 613–22, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0613.

 

João Paulo Costa, “Book Review - Falque, Emmanuel. Spiritualisme et phénoménologie. Le cas Maine de Biran. Coll. de métaphysique ‘Chaire Étienne Gilson’. Paris: PUF, 2024.,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 625–30, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0625.

 

Eduardo Castro, “Book Review - Kitcher, Philip. What’s the Use of Philosophy?. Nova Iorque e Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 631–40, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0631.

 

Ricardo Barroso Batista, “Book Review - Fritz, Peter, and Nicholas K. Jones, eds. Higher-Order Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024.,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 81, no. 1–2 (2025): 641–48, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2025_81_1_0641.

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