ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the educational reforms which Groupe de recherches sur l'enseignement philosophique (GREPH) opposed, and the nature of their campaign, Jacques Derrida's work on the relationship between philosophy and education, and the aims and demands of the group. It explores Derrida's involvement in the creation of the College International de Philosophie after the change of government in 1981, and the continuation of the underlying question of the relationship of his work to the 'institutional identity' of philosophy. GREPH's primary concern was with the institution of philosophy — with its institutionalization — within a single national and cultural context, in part due to the practical nature of their objectives. In the 'reception' of GREPH, therefore, with the exception of Fynsk, the place and significance given to it and the position it has been assigned in relation to Derrida's work fail to grasp the specificity of its educational, political, and historical context.
