Jacques Derrida | that-which

Derrida on Translation: Necessary and Impossible

Derrida problematizes translation by deconstructing the places that philosophy reserves for speech and writing, originals and copies, and...

For Derrida, death is a border that has no borders, resembling God, and is thus an aporia. Derrida...

Derrida deconstructs hospitality and all acts of welcoming by exposing them to their own impossibilities, that is, by...

For Derrida, an event truly worthy of the name must be irruptive, unforeseeable, and incalculable, bordering on incomprehension...

The supplement and its processes appear frequently in the writings of Derrida, but Of Grammatology is where this...

For Derrida, a decision that is truly worthy of its name takes place only by passing through the...

For Derrida, forgiveness occurs and first becomes possible only when it passes through its own impossibility, when it...