Flutterby™! : Derrida bashing

Derrida bashing has a long history here at Flutterby, and I'm perfectly willing to pile on when others are kicking him, so today offers an opportunity for two pieces: The Derrida Industry... looks at attempts to revise his place in history:

The obituary author may, indeed, be ignorant of the history of philosophy, but certainly no more so than Professor Scott, whose ignorance extends to the present: there are no "appreciative quotes" from "American philosophers," because American philosophers thought he was a fraud, a betrayal to philosophy's grand history.

While I'm dubious about "philosophy's grand history", it sure is fun to see a con man finally get his come-uppance. A less lambasting article over at The Nation looks at Maxime Rodinson and Jackie (his birth name) Derrida. Both compliments of Arts & Letters Daily.