http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/5901cf60-f62d-4138-9243-59c41f6ad25e?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/5901cf60-f62d-4138-9243-59c41f6ad25e#49f7df52-2b04-4a7a-b5b6-d217be3a0f75 if i can find the text of the obit, i'll post it... to say briefly...the obit chose to focus on things like the paul de man affair, & derrida's defense of de man (going to far as to accuse, no matter how obliquely, derrida of being a self-hating jew)... read more like a uninspired dragging through the dirt of derrida than it did an overview of his life & work... Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:42:40 GMT http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/5901cf60-f62d-4138-9243-59c41f6ad25e#49f7df52-2b04-4a7a-b5b6-d217be3a0f75 Jerrold 2005-03-30T01:42:40Z http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/5901cf60-f62d-4138-9243-59c41f6ad25e#b7a6f162-1edf-4154-9177-633f7615a123 I have not read the obituary, but judging by the letters in this site you referenced, Jerrold, it sounds entirely inadequate. This is the second black eye for NYT obits in the last year. The first and perhaps-worse belongs to their mendacious and shameful obituary of Gary Webb. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:44:59 GMT http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/5901cf60-f62d-4138-9243-59c41f6ad25e#b7a6f162-1edf-4154-9177-633f7615a123 barnaby 2005-03-30T00:44:59Z http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/5901cf60-f62d-4138-9243-59c41f6ad25e#20edc4d0-b7e2-4c9b-a473-71b47bb26022 http://www.humanities.uci.edu/remembering_jd/letter_list.htm a list of letters sent to the NYT concerning the half-assed obit they ran... Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:56:38 GMT http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/5901cf60-f62d-4138-9243-59c41f6ad25e#20edc4d0-b7e2-4c9b-a473-71b47bb26022 Jerrold 2005-03-29T19:56:38Z http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/5901cf60-f62d-4138-9243-59c41f6ad25e#bc829d0e-2014-4755-9c13-8978064b6ad7 hola, I read the NYTimes obit with amazement - I mean the Times wrote on Derrida fairly often & had writers that could have said interesting things about him, but instead they ran this really lame obit. However, I just read something by Spivak in Artforum that was really good - it covered most of his life & works, it was heartfelt, it did not engage in too much idolotry & it reminded me how much I miss the man. thanks davids Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:29:10 GMT http://frenchphilo.tribe.net/thread/5901cf60-f62d-4138-9243-59c41f6ad25e#bc829d0e-2014-4755-9c13-8978064b6ad7 given 2005-03-29T13:29:10Z