Reading the Programme: Jacques Derrida’s Deconstruction of Biology

Francesco Vitale (bio)University of Salerno Abstract In the unpublished seminar La vie la mort (Life-Death) (1975-76), Derrida reads The Logic of Life by the biologist François Jacob. The seminar is oriented to answer a question already advanced in Of Grammatology: what are the deconstructive effects—if any—provoked by grafting the theory of information onto biological research, … Continue reading Reading the Programme: Jacques Derrida’s Deconstruction of Biology