Posted by melanie on March 15, 19103 at 21:27:29:

In Reply to: Re: Does anyone read Derrida? posted by Tressa English on October 15, 19101 at 23:17:18:

: : : I think people generally read about Derrida, for fear of not actually understanding what the man himself says, I'm certainly guilty myself, as are everyone else who I know with any experience of Derrida. I've managed to plow my way through some at brief times, but this required large amounts of coffee and adrenalin, as I was waiting for an interview. I think the earlier stuff is perhaps the best for understanding what he's talking about, as the basic premises on which he basis his later thought are there fairly unmuddled. Later on as his political agenda started emerging, the emphasis seems to shift, but for me this is where it starts to get really interesting, moving away from postmodernist cliches.

: : Yes, yes...
: : read Derrida, Nietzche, Satre, Foucault (a personal favorite) Deleuze and Guattari are very interesting but no one in the chat room. What I REALLY want to know is does ANYONE know where the women are???!!! Looking for a female French philosopher who wrote about The Body (absence) I think her name begins with a C. Someone PLEASE, PLEASE tell me what her name was..Post Modernist. Please?

: Are you thinking of Kristeva? She is fascinating!

perhaps you are thinking of Helene Cixous

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