Jacques Derrida vs. Sigmund Freud
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Jacques Derrida
1930 – 2004
Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in a number of his texts, and which was developed through close readings of the linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure and Husserlian and Heideggerian phenomenology. He is one of the major figures associated with post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy although he distanced himself from post-structuralism and disavowed the word "postmodernity".
"If , there is a tendency in all Western democracies no longer to respect the professional politician or even the party member as such, it is no longer only bec…"
Sigmund Freud
1856 – 1939
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies arising from conflicts in the psyche through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.
"A woman should soften but not weaken a man."
Connections
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