Reddit post, leads to a reading group, Zoom meeting Thursdays at 7, and discord group. First reading assignment is: Structure, sign and play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences (1966) ( PDF ). Jacques Derrida lived 1930 – 2004. He was born in Algeria and died in Paris. "In most of the Anglosphere, where analytic philosophy is dominant, Derrida's influence is most presently felt in literary studies due to his long standing interest in language and his association with prominent literary critics from his time at Yale." (All quotes are from Wikipedia) "His parents named him "Jackie", "which they considered to be an American name", although he would later adopt a more "correct" version of his first name when he moved to Paris." Derrida spent his youth in Algiers and in El-Biar . "On the first day of the school year in 1942, French administrators in Algeria—implementing anti-semitism quotas set by the Vichy government—expe...