The Philosopher and the Archive: Jacques Derrida’s Seminars

The Philosopher and the Archive: Jacques Derrida’s Seminars

WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter.

The American specialists and translators of French philosopher Jacques Derrida converge on the Alliance Française to remember the legacy of a philosopher whose work revolutionized the understanding of words, texts, reading and authorship—and to celebrate the publication of the second volume of Derrida’s seminars, The Beast and the Sovereign.

Recorded Thursday, November 3, 2011 at Alliance Française de Chicago.