A philosophical view of sex

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A philosophical view of sex

Deconstructionist Jacques Derrida reportedly had tried to use his coveted archives
as leverage to derail a sexual harassment case against a professor at UC Irvine.

By Roy Rivenburg, Times Staff Writer
February 25, 2007

When a vampire expert allegedly seduced a tipsy UC Irvine student four years ago, he inadvertently set off a chain of events that now jeopardizes the school's control of a dead philosopher's prized archives.

The story came to light after UCI announced last week that it would drop a lawsuit against the widow and sons of philosopher Jacques Derrida, the acclaimed founder of deconstruction, an influential but bewildering theory that questions the concept of absolute truth.

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