Halloween Special: Jacques Derrida’s Cat

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Saronik talks with Kim about Jacques Derrida’s cat.

Derrida writes about his cat, who makes him rather anxious, in “The Animal That Therefore I Am (More to Follow)” trans. David Wills, Critical Inquiry 28, no. 2 (Winter 2002): 369-418. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1344276

Image: “Beatrix or Bea or BeaBea is a tiny cat living her tiny cat life.”

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