jacques derrida

[lexylit]

passed away yesterday 

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=12713&name=Death+of+French+philosopher+Derrida

i don't know how much it means to non-theory-nerds, but all reasons i now live in southern california and most of what i've written in the past three years are both traceable to JD. pretty huge 

[gobears]

Yikes, I hadn't heard.  That is sad news.

[superiorlobe]

I heard Derrida give a talk when I spent a semester at Oxford. I really really wanted to be impressed and to learn a lot.  I didn't understand a word he said, however, and I don't think anyone else did either.  You have to hand it to the man for being able to command the attention of 700 people for a full hour even though no one knows what the hell he is talking about.

[lexylit]

do you speak french?

i couldnt really understand him when he spoke either, because it was a mumbly theory-heavy kind of frenglish, but i think he's the reason that the dept at uci is so incredible and the reason so much money goes through and the faculty are all rockstars, so he's the reason i moved out here for grad school.

[superiorlobe]

I don't speak French.  He spoke in English.  I think.

[lexylit]

I don't speak French.  He spoke in English.  I think.

i know. i meant to say that his english seemed to be liberally peppered with french (and with theory jargon in french/english hybrid), so it mightve made him easier for francophones to understand.

[Koga]

I don't speak French.  He spoke in English.  I think.

i know. i meant to say that his english seemed to be liberally peppered with french (and with theory jargon in french/english hybrid), so it mightve made him easier for francophones to understand.

I was so shocked.  Very tragic.

French philosophers are always difficult to understand.

The only solace I have is that Baudrillard is still alive.

[lexylit]

meanwhile im watching the news and i would estimate theyve said "christopher reeve" 20 times in 20 mins, but no derrida shoutout 

[Koga]

meanwhile im watching the news and i would estimate theyve said "christopher reeve" 20 times in 20 mins, but no derrida shoutout 

Remember '97?  Lady Di and Mother Theresa both died, and no one said anything about Mother Theresa.

[superiorlobe]

meanwhile im watching the news and i would estimate theyve said "christopher reeve" 20 times in 20 mins, but no derrida shoutout 

Remember '97?  Lady Di and Mother Theresa both died, and no one said anything about Mother Theresa.

Same thing happend in 1963 with JFK and C.S. Lewis