Speaker: Emre Şan
In the final session of our seminar series, we will examine Derrida, one of the leading figures of the discussions on difference in French thought that developed in the post-1960 period. And thus, the architecture of the concept of difference will emerge, which remained unconsidered since identity and sameness. In this context, we will set out from Derrida’s discussion of Husserl and Heidegger. And later on, we will explore the opposition between writing and speech, and Derrida’s critique of logocentric thought.
Emre Şan received his bachelor’s degree from Galatasaray University, and completed his master’s degree and doctorate at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Pursuing a post-doctoral research at École Normale Supérieur following his PhD, Emre Şan’s book on transcendence as a phenomenological problem was published with a preface by Renaud Barbaras (Paris, Mimesis, 2012). The author has published articles in national and international journals and book series, in Turkish, French, English and Spanish, as well as working as an editor in publications on Contemporary French Philosophy. He has been serving as a member of the editorial board of the periodical Cogito, and was awarded the Prix Mercier, presented biennially by L’Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL). Emre Şan is currently an Associate Professor at Istanbul 29 Mayıs University.