I n 1990, at the Humanities Research Institute at University of California at Irvine, I found myself sitting next to Jacques Derrida at a lecture given by Ernesto Laclau. The topic was Antonio Gramsci ...

Don’t smooth out the folds. Early in his career, as the skyrocket of his stardom was fueling, Jacques Derrida had to answer a question his Jewish mother asked with a frown: “But Jackie, have you ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association publishes articles on literature, literary theory, pedagogy, and the state ...

Thomas Bartlett’s “Archive Fever” (The Chronicle, July 20), about the circumstances of the suit that the University of California at Irvine brought against the family of Jacques Derrida, gives an ...