Young Derrida and French Philosophy, 1945-1968

In this powerful study Edward Baring sheds fresh light on Jacques Derrida, one of the most influential yet controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century. Reading Derrida from a historical perspective and drawing on new archival sources, The Young Derrida and French Philosophy shows how Derrida''s thought arose in the closely contested space of post-war French intellectual life, developing i...