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th e first pan of w hich has appeared under thetitle W h o 's A f iw irl o lP h ilo s o p 1 7 ? ) .

E y es of the U niv ersityb rin g s to g e th e r m a n y o f th e p h ilo s o p h e r's m o s t im p o rta n t

to n s o n th e u n iv e rs ity a n d , m o re b ro a d ly , o n th e la n g u a g e a n d in s titu tio n s o f

p h ilo s o p h y .

In its m o s t im m e d ia te c o n te x t, E y es of the U niv ersityis in v a lu a b le fo r th e light it throw s on an underappreciared aspect of Derrida's engagem ent. both p h ilo s o p h ic a l a n d p o litic a l. in s tr u g g le s a g a in s t th e s tiflin g o f p h ilo s o p h ic a l

re s e a rc h a n d te a c h in g , in th e F ra n c e o f th e la te 1 9 7 03 in p a rtic u la r. A s a fo u n d - ing m em ber of the Research G roup on the 'reaching of Philosophy and as one o f th e c o n v e n e rs o f th e E s ta te s G e n e ra l o f Ph ilo s o p h y , D e rrid a w a s a t th e fo re - front of the struggle to preserve and extend the teaching of philosophy as a dis- tin c t d is c ip lin e , in s e c o n d a r y e d u c a tio n a n d b e y o n d . in th e F a c e o f r e fo r m s o f th e e d u c a tio n a l s y s te m . A s o n e o f th e fo u n d e rs o f th e C o lk g e In te rn a tio n a l Jr Philosophic, he w orked to provide a space for research in and around philoso- p h y th a t w a s n o t a c c e p te d in o th e r in s titu tio n s .

D o c u m e n tin g a n d re fle c tin g u p o n th e s e a n d o th e r e n g a g e m e n ts ,E y e s o f th e

U n iv ersity collects som e of the m ost im portant and incisive of D erridds inter-

ventions. At the sam e tim e, Derrida's essays alw ays have broad philosophical

a n d p o litic a l c o n c e rn s . T h u s , iu a d d itio n to c o n s id e ra tio n s o f th e im p lic a tio n s

f o r li t e r a t u r e a n d p h i lo s o p h y o f F r e n c h b e c o m i n g a s t a t e la n g u a g e , o f D e s -

c a rte s " w ritin g o f th eD ire n u rs e o n M e th o din F r e n c h , a n d o f p h ilo s o p h ie s o f th e

u n iv e rs ity fro m K a n t a n d Sc h e llin g to H e id e g g e r, th e v o lu m e re fle c ts o n th e c u rre n t p o litic a l a n d in s titu tio n a l c o n d itio n s o f p h ilo s o p h y , q u e s tio n in g th e grow ing tendency to orient research and teaching tow ard program m able and p ro fita b le e n d s . In h is fOrm u la tio n o f th e s e is s u e s a n d q u e s tio n s , in h is

responses to them , Derrida elaborates w hat he calls a 'university responsibility.-

Ja c q u e s D e rrid a is D ire c to r o f S tu d ie sa t th e & a le d e . ih ru n n E n d aC r)f e n c e s

S o ciaies an d P ro fesso r o f H u m an ities at th e tin iv ersity o fC rth fi)rn ia.

A m ong hism a n y w o rk s p u b lis h e r! in E n g lid sa reW h o 's A fr a id o f Ph ilo s o p h y ?

R ig h t to Ph ilo s o p h y

1(S uer furl. 2002) . N e g o tia tio n s(S ta n f im i :o 0 .7 ),a n d

W ith o u t A lib i (S tam ford2004 .

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