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Jacques Derrida
August 14, 2018
Jeet Heer
In his response to tape allegations, Trump remains the master of kettle logic.
September 20, 2017
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Laurent Binet and the Case of the Dead Author
“The Seventh Function of Language” is a whodunit set among French intellectuals.
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Jeet Heer
Trump’s Lies Destroy Logic As Well As Truth
Fact-checkers can't show us the real authoritarian danger posed by our dissembling president-elect.
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Robert Alter
Paul de Man Was a Total Fraud
The literary-critical giant lied about every part of his life
October 9, 2013
Denis Donoghue
"If You Read Derrida for the Plot, You Would Shoot Yourself"
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From the Archives: Claude Levi-Strauss
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