Synopsis: Deconstruction theory, derived from the works of philosopher Jacques Derrida, is a theory of literary analysis that opposes the assumptions of structuralism. Its primary purpose is to discern the relationship between text and meaning. In performing this task, deconstruction theory is critical of the structuralist ideas of logocentrism and binary oppositions and instead seeks to …
Oct 07, 2021 · French philosopher Jacques Derrida is best known as one of the champions of postmodernism. But in the early 1990s, at the height of capitalist triumphalism, Derrida took up the cudgels in defense of Karl Marx — and inadvertently spawned a whole musical genre.
Dec 10, 2021 · Derrida turns this into a form of radical skepticism. This sophistry is actually not so new, and by “sophistry” I literally intend to evoke the original pejorative connotation of that label. In Fifth-Century Athens, an intellectual movement called the Sophists taught rhetoric and an epistemological relativism emerged with the craft of their pedagogy on public speaking, the …
Jan 14, 2018 · Derrida believes that an important change in the structure of western philosophy has occurred. This change or Derrida’s indication of a “rupture” (319 Derrida) was when it was probable to think about structure. Specifically, Derrida focused on his identity of the “structurality of structure” (319 Derrida).
According to Derrida, the event of the rupture occurred when there was a disruption in the series of substituting one center for another. (In plain English, there was a disruption in the process of changing the central concept of the prevalent philosophy.)
Decentering the Centre Derrida deconstructs the metaphysics of presence. That is to say that according to Derrida there is no presence or truth apart from language. He seeks to prove that the structurality of the structure does not indicate a presence above its free play of signs.Jun 18, 2009
DeconstructionDeconstruction by its very nature defies institutionalization in an authoritative definition. The concept was first outlined by Derrida in Of Grammatology where he explored the interplay between language and the construction of meaning.May 27, 2016
Overview. Jacques Derrida's 1967 book Of Grammatology introduced the majority of ideas influential within deconstruction.
Jacques Derrida, A French philosopher, critically engages with structuralism. He comments on what the structure is and engages with the politics of the structure itself, what he terms as the “structurality of structure”.Mar 21, 2016
Différance is a French term coined by Jacques Derrida. It is a central concept in Derrida's deconstruction, a critical outlook concerned with the relationship between text and meaning. The term différance means "difference and deferral of meaning."
Nevertheless, it was already in English that Derrida forged what would become 'differance'. This is why it is interesting to read Derrida writing in English. volume, p. 32).
Jacques Derrida (/ˈdɛrɪdə/; French: [ʒak dɛʁida]; born Jackie Élie Derrida; 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was an Algerian-born French philosopher best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction, which he analyzed in numerous texts, and developed in the context of phenomenology.
Derrida is most celebrated as the principal exponent of deconstruction, a term he coined for the critical examination of the fundamental conceptual distinctions, or “oppositions,” inherent in Western philosophy since the time of the ancient Greeks.
deconstruction, form of philosophical and literary analysis, derived mainly from work begun in the 1960s by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida, that questions the fundamental conceptual distinctions, or “oppositions,” in Western philosophy through a close examination of the language and logic of philosophical and ...
Deconstructivism is a movement of postmodern architecture which appeared in the 1980s. It gives the impression of the fragmentation of the constructed building, commonly characterised by an absence of obvious harmony, continuity, or symmetry.
Explanation: Deconstruction theory was derived by the famous philosopher Jacques Derrida. In this theory, she addresses the inequality that women face in the field of education.May 22, 2019
Upholding the notion of decentering, Derrida asserts that a “fixed” structure is a myth, and that all structures desire “immobility” beyond free play, which is impossible. The assumption of a centre expresses the desire for a “reassuring certitude” which stands … Continue reading
Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the publication of Of Grammatology (1967), Writing and Difference (1967) and Margins of Philosophy (1972). Derrida’s name is inextricably linked with the term ‘deconstruction‘. Largely because … Continue reading
The Philosophy of Jacques Derrida. Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), a leading figure in French post-structuralist philosophy, is renowned for having developed deconstruction. His prolific writings treat both philosophical and literary works, and do so in various ways, of which deconstruction is the most philosophically significant.
Decentering in poststructuralism is a consequence of Derrida’s critique of binary oppositions, especially of speech/writing, where he accused Saussure of privileging speech over writing, owing to the presence, and authority of the speaker. Terming it as phonocentrism, which is a … Continue reading
The philosophy of presence assumes that there are beings or meanings that are self-identical unities that can, actually or in principle, be presented fully; examples of such unities are Plato’ s ideas and Frege’s and Husserl ’s senses.
Deconstruction emerged out of a tradition of French philosophical thought strongly influenced by the phenomenological projects of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. The main concern of phenomenology is consciousness and essence. For Husserl, consciousness entailed an intention towards the essence … Continue reading
Logocentric philosophy constitutes itself as exemplary of the logos, a Greek word whose meanings include reason, speech, rational discourse, and rational accounts (e.g. philosophical and scientific theories). In general, logocentric philosophies assume paradigms of what is rational, reasonable, etc., and correlatively they exclude ...
Jacques Derrida, A French philosopher, critically engages with structuralism. He comments on what the structure is and engages with the politics of the structure itself, what he terms as the “structurality of structure”. This essay showcases the extent of limits of structuralism, which provides the structures but fails to examine the concept ...
Heidegger’s destruction of metaphysics, of ontology, of the determination of Being as presence. As and when these theories rupture the pre-existing center they also enter into a unique circle that relates the “history of metaphysics and the history of destruction of metaphysics.”.
He explains this with relation to the Saussure’s concept of sign (linguistics), where a sign is composed of signifier and signified. Signifier is the physical form of sign and signified is the verbal/word used to define the signifier. On the onset the idea of not doing away with the sign is maintained. He talks about the reduction of the binary between the signifier and the signified. The two ways of doing this is: 1 First is the traditional way of submitting to the traditional way of submitting to the arbitrary relation between signified and signifier. 2 Second is to completely be done away with this arbitrary relation between the signifier and signified
Deconstruction by its very nature defies institutionalization in an authoritative definition. The concept was first outlined by Derrida in Of Grammatology where he explored the interplay between language and the construction of meaning. From this early work, and later works in which he has attempted to explain deconstruction to others, most notably the Letter to a Japanese Friend, it is possible to provide a basic explanation of what deconstruction is commonly understood to mean. Three key features emerge from Derrida’s work as making deconstruction possible. These are, first, the inherent desire to have a centre, or focal point, to structure understanding (logocentrism); second, the reduction of meaning to set definitions that are committed to writing (nothing beyond the text); and, finally, how the reduction of meaning to writing captures opposition within that concept itself ( différance). These three features found the possibility of deconstruction as an on-going process of questioning the accepted basis of meaning. While the concept initially arose in the context of language, it is equally applicable to the study of law. Derrida considered deconstruction to be a ‘problematisation of the foundation of law, morality and politics.’ 1#N#Jacques Derrida, ‘Force of Law: The Mystical Foundation of Authority’ in Cornell et al (eds) Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice (Routledge, 1992) 8#N#For him it was both ‘foreseeable and desirable that studies of deconstructive style should culminate in the problematic of law and justice.’ 2#N#Force of Law 7#N#Deconstruction is therefore a means of interrogating the relationship between the two.
Deconstruction is therefore a means of interrogating the relationship between the two.
The logos represents nature, which is something different from the instituted form embodied in language or in text. Crucial therefore is the idea of a rigid separation of the origin of meaning (the abstract idea of justice, for example) and the institutionalization of that meaning in ‘writing’ (or law). For Derrida, it is this logocentrism, and the ...
Its effect is the placing of one particular term or concept, such as justice, at the centre of all efforts at theorizing or interrogating meaning. The term becomes the core around which meaning is constructed, the reference point that determines all subsequent knowledge.
In this brief text — subsequently published in Negotiations (2002) as “Declarations of Independence” (hereafter “Declarations”) — Derrida assesses the status of “the people” as the sovereign guarantor of the constitution. Derrida asserts that the people is not only radically indeterminate and internally differentiated but also temporally deferred and so can never be presented as such. This clearly troubles the narrative, so beloved by constitutionalists, that state law is legitimated by the people’s authority as pouvoir constituant. But Derrida is not exclusively concerned with disavowing the putative “foundations” of the state or state institutions. His reading, by excavating the conditions of possibility on which these “foundations” rest, seeks to displace the economy which keeps them in place. Though it may seem, on first reading, a rather technical text, “Declarations” evidences a radicalism that is more clearly on show in later, overtly political, interventions like Spectres of Marx (1994), The Politics of Friendship (1997) and Rogues: Two Essays on Reason (2004). Nonetheless, grasping (at least some of) the technicality of Derrida’s analysis is crucial if we are to understand the broader significance of the elliptical suggestions in “Declarations”.
Daniel Matthews is a PhD candidate at the Birkbeck Law School, University of London where he teaches contract law. 1. “Signature Event Context” was first presented in 1971 at a conference on the theme of “communication” and later published in Marges de la Philosophy (1972).
The meaningfulness of a performative, for Austin, depends on the context in which it is spoken: “I pronounce you man and wife,” spoken at the end of wedding ceremony, has meaning and affect only if certain conditions are in place. If the same words were spoken in a play or on screen the sense would be quite different.