Paulo Cesar Duque-Estrada
Encyclopedia
Paulo Cesar Duque-Estrada is a professor and Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs (Graduate Programs and Research) at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
(PUC-Rio).
. In 1999-2000 he developed a post-doctoral research program on the subject of Hermeneutics and Deconstruction
at New School for Social Research, New York.
.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
The Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro is a private and non-profit Catholic university, located in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil...
(PUC-Rio).
Education
He received both his B.A. and his M.A. from the PUC-Rio and his Ph.D. from Boston CollegeBoston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...
. In 1999-2000 he developed a post-doctoral research program on the subject of Hermeneutics and Deconstruction
Deconstruction
Deconstruction is a term introduced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his 1967 book Of Grammatology. Although he carefully avoided defining the term directly, he sought to apply Martin Heidegger's concept of Destruktion or Abbau, to textual reading...
at New School for Social Research, New York.
Study Group in Ethics and Deconstruction
In 2002 he founded, along with some of his post-graduate students, the Study Group in Ethics and Deconstruction (NEED- Núcleo de Estudos em Ética e Desconstrução), dedicated to the thought of the French philosopher Jacques DerridaJacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He developed the critical theory known as deconstruction and his work has been labeled as post-structuralism and associated with postmodern philosophy...
.