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Derrida's Rethinking of Professorial Authority

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2018

SAMIR HADDAD
SAMIR HADDAD*
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITYsahaddad@fordham.edu
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Abstract:

In this paper I argue that Derrida's writings on education contain a profound rethinking of professorial authority. I first outline the sources of professorial authority and describe how they were traditionally conceived in France at the time when Derrida was working. I then show how Derrida challenges and transforms these sources, focusing in particular on a new relation to knowledge, a new relation to the state, and a new understanding of charisma that emerge from his work.

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Derridaeducationteachingauthority
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Journal of the American Philosophical Association , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , Winter 2017 , pp. 430 - 445
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Copyright © American Philosophical Association 2018 

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