Jacques Derrida, R.I.P.

"Postmodernist" philosopher Jacques Derrida died today. He was 74.

• "Deconstructionism Founder Derrida Dies", by Elaine Ganley, Associated Press. Oct. 9, 2004.
• Obituary New York Times Oct. 9, 2004.
• Jack M. Balkan offers a respectful personal tribute.
• Eamonn Fitzgerald has some parting thoughts, and recalls a story of "Derrida Consumed by Crabs."
• "Derrida, Death and Forgiveness", Andrew J. McKenna reviews Derrida's The Gift of Death (First Things 71 (March 1997): 34-37).
• "The Meaninglessness of Meaning", by Rober Kimball. "Jacques Derrida is dead, but his baneful ideas live on." Wall Street Journal Oct. 12, 2004.
• The Remedy has the best one-liner eulogy one could hope for the founder of deconstructionism:
  To paraphrase what Metternich said of the death of Castleraugh: "I wonder what he meant by that?"