Paulo Cesar Duque-Estrada

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Paulo Cesar Duque-Estrada
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Paulo Cesar Duque-Estrada (born November 22, 1956) is a Professor of Contemporary Philosophy and Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs (Graduate Programs and Research) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).[1][2] He has served as executive secretary (2010–2011), vice-president (2011–2012) and president (2012–2013) of the National Forum of Associate Vice-Presidents for Research and Graduate Programs (FOPROP).[3]

He is an expert in

Paul Ricoeur. A leading interpreter of the philosophy of Jacques Derrida, he was the first scholar to bring Derridean thought to the field of philosophy within the academic environment in Brazil.[4]

Early life and education

Born in Rio de Janeiro into an intellectual family, he is the great-grandson of French feminist Joséphine Bouju, assistant of Jean-Martin Charcot, and grandson of prominent journalist and politician Generoso Ponce Filho,[5] owner of the Brazilian branch of RKO Pictures.[6]

He received both his B.A. and M.A. from PUC-Rio, and his Ph.D. from

New School for Social Research
, New York.

Work

Duque-Estrada has published extensively on topics related to ethics, language, subjectivity and other contemporary socio-political issues. A frequently invited lecturer and speaker at several institutions such as

Bonn University, Fordham University, Concordia University, among others, he is also actively involved in promoting and strengthening ties between post-graduate research and governmental and non-governmental funding agencies.[7][8]

In 2002 he founded, along with a group of diverse researchers from various academic backgrounds, the

NEED- Núcleo de Estudos em Ética e Desconstrução, dedicated to transdisciplinary research in Deconstruction.[9]

Selected bibliography

  • Studies in Hermeneutics and Deconstruction / Estudos em Hermenêutica e Desconstrução (Edufpi ed.). 2021.
  • Heidegger and the Ontological Reading of Praxis / Heidegger e a Leitura Ontológica da Praxis (Edufpi ed.). 2021.
  • Ethical-Political Studies on Derrida / Estudos Ético-Políticos sobre Derrida (Mauad ed.). 2020.
  • Thinking Beyond the Paradigm of Vision / Pensar para Além do Paradigma da Visão (Fênix ed.). 2020.
  • Following Other Paths: in Response to Simon Blackburn's "Past Masters of the Postmodern" (Inference-International Review of Science ed.). 2019.
  • On History, Ghosts and Ontology (Contexto Internacional ed.). 2019.
  • Extension of the Realm of Evil: Heidegger and Metaphysics / Extensão do Domínio do Mal: Heidegger e a Metafísica (UFJF ed.). 2019.
  • Archive and Politics in Jacques Derrida / Arquivo e Política em Jacques Derrida (Cortez ed.). 2018.
  • Beyond Lies and Truth in Politics / Para Além da Mentira e da Verdade na Política (maisdeum ed.). 2018.
  • Marx and the Thought of Being: on a Derridean Reading / Marx e o Pensamento do Ser: sobre uma leitura Derrideana (PUCRJ ed.). 2015.
  • On Eyes and Hands: Art and the "Letting Be" in Heidegger and Derrida / Dos Olhos e das Mãos: Arte e "Deixar Ser" em Heidegger e Derrida (EBA-UFRJ ed.). 2012.
  • Observations on the so-called "Death of the Author" / Observaçōes sobre a chamada "morte do autor" (Sinais Sociais ed.). 2010.
  • On the Fictionality of Language / Sobre a Ficcionalidade da Linguagem (Companhia de Freud ed.). 2008.
  • Derrida's Specters / Espectros de Derrida (Nau ed.). 2008.
  • Science and Post-Representation: Notes on Heidegger / Ciência e Pós-Representação: Notas sobre Heidegger (UFPB ed.). 2006.
  • Derrida and the Heideggerian Critique of Humanism / Derrida e a Crítica Heideggeriana do Humanismo (Liberdade ed.). 2005.
  • Deconstruction and Ethics: Echoes of Jacques Derrida / Desconstrução e Ética: Ecos de Jacques Derrida (Loyola ed.). 2004.
  • Towards the Margins: on Derrida / Às Margens: a propósito de Derrida (Loyola ed.). 2002.
  • Limits of the Heideggerian Inheritance: notes on Gadamer / Limites da Herança Heideggeriana: sobre Gadamer (Braga ed.). 2000.
  • The Double Move of Philosophical Hermeneutics (Études Phénoménologiques, Louvain-La-Neuve ed.). 1997.

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