This stress is complicated by derrida s own claim that it is not a true distinction. Derridas concept of differance literary theory and. The relation of derridas deconstruction to heideggers. And, as always, coherence in contradiction expresses the force of a desire. Jacques derrida stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Derridas approach consisted of conducting readings of texts looking for things that run counter to the intended meaning or structural unity of a particular text. Signature, event, context university of california, irvine. His first line of reasoning the need of deconstruction.
This work was published in the journal glyph, and in derrida s 1972 collection margins of philosophy. Philosophy and language derrida on language peter benson tells us what language is and isnt according to jacques derrida. The deconstruction theory of derrida and heidegger a study chung chinyi in this paper i will discuss heideggers destruction and derrida s critique of it in his deconstruction. Derrida s philosophy is relevant not just for human ethical language and animality, but to profound developments in the physical and natural sciences, as well as ecology. It is a violence done to the natural destiny of the language. His critique of husserl attacks the position that language is founded on logic rather than on rhetoric. In speech and phenomena, jacques derrida situates the philosophy of language in relation to logic and rhetoric, which have often been seen as irreconcilable criteria for the use and interpretations of signs. Derrida, in 1971, delivered a lecture in montreal entitled signature event context, which discussed the notion of communication in various philosophers from condillac to austin. Speech and phenomena op northwestern university press. In a new afterword, toward an ethic of discussion, derrida responds to questions submitted to him. In this video, i take an introductory look at the philosophy of jacques derrida and deconstruction.
Originated by the philosopher jacques derrida, deconstruction is an approach to understanding the relationship between text and meaning. Wood derrida s championing of writing is an intervention that opposes itself not. Meanwhile, derridas philosophical interests and the main focus of his. Development and influences in continental philosophy derrida. According to derrida, logocentrism is the attitude that logos the greek term for speech, thought, law, or reason is the central principle of language and philosophy. Derrida thus pronounces the beginning of writing, the end of the book, the end of philosophy as presence, the end of speech and the. Jacques derrida is maitreassistant in philosophy at the ecole normale superieure in paris. Today, logocentrism is thought of as a primarily derridean term. Readings of derrida s work on law and justice have tended to stress the distinction between them.
Deconstruction is concerned primary with the overturning of dominating biases in language. I will read destruction in various heidegger texts and discuss derrida s intervention through his critique of destruction in deconstruction. This chapter engages derrida s influential readings of the course in of grammatology and glas. Philosophy of language in continental philosophy derrida. The concept of centered structure is in fact the concept of a. Derrida and wittgenstein missouri state university. The fact that derrida classifies himself derridx been the subject of discussion of many studies. Derridas deconstruction aims not only to understand language, text or meaning but also the. Since then they have pulled up their drawbridges, ceased communicating, and, like groups separated by mountains or oceans, the languages they speak have.
The concept of deconstruction was firstr used by derrida in transforming heideggerian destruction. In this essay i argue that ordinary experiences of the inadequacy of existing laws do indeed imply a claim about what would be more just, but that this claim only makes sense insofar as one can appeal to. Jacques derrida 1930 2004 was a 20th century algerianborn french philosopher, best known as the founder of the deconstructionism movement in the 1960s, and for his profound impact on continental philosophy and literary theory in general. Derrida is trying to say here that he believes there to be greater depth and more dimensions to the concept of communication than are acknowledged by normal philosophy of language and speech act theory. Derridas deconstruction as a method of analysis of language thesis submitted to the university of calicut for the award of the degree of doctor of philosophy in philosophy by devadasan. Logocentrism is the view that speech, and not writing, is central to language. It puts pressure on derrida s charge of phonocentrism, that is, that saussure privileges the medium of sound andor speech as a site of unmediated signifying presence, by reexamining the relevant sections from the course in light of the materials from the nachlass. I will argue that for both deleuze and derrida, ethics is the intense affection. Derridas work depends on taking positions in the philosophy of languageof affirming or holding them as trueof a far deeper and more controversial sort than is recognized almost anywhere today. Philosophy of language refers to an area of philosophy concerned with the syntactic properties as well as the meaning and reference of linguistic expressions, the things implied or indicated by linguistic expressions and the attributes of linguistic expressions as a function of linguistic and conversational contexts. Heavily influenced by marx and saussere, derrida wished to use deconstruction to battle inequality. Deconstruction in the fields of philosophy, history, and beyond. Of the first letter, if the alphabet, and most of the speculations which have ventured into it, are to be believed. Derridas concept of differance by nasrullah mambrol on march 22, 2016 2.
Two forms of the word, the spoken and written derrida, pre. A short summary of jacques derrida and deconstruction. Jacques derrida was a key philosopher of modern times who made pioneering explorations into the subtexts of our key concepts. Through literary criticism, derrida would fight his battle. Now, you are probably asking, why have i given this book derridda two stars. Listening notes joshua kates, professor of english at indiana university, joins john and ken for an exploration of deconstruction, jacques derrida s most important. Philosophy, like tragedy, can at certain levels serve as an attempt at expulsion, an attempt perpetually renewed because never wholly successful. He wants to push back derrida to the analytical fold in 3 and pushes analytical philosophy also into the fold of philosophical discourse of modernity so as to draw. Time in continental philosophy feminist philosophy, misc in philosophy of gender, race, and sexuality. The theme proposed was philosophy and anthropology. Speech act theory, of course, is the theory concerning actual effects that are incurred by utterance.
The reason it is difficult to talk about its origin, despite this information, is that we cannot possibly understand logocentrism as it stands in relation to philosophy and media theory without thinking of it as used by french theorist jacques derrida. The deconstruction theory of derrida and heidegger a study. He was born fortyfive years ago of sephardic jewish parents in algiers at nineteen, he came to france as a student. July 15, 1930 october 9, 2004 was an algerianborn frenchjewish philosopher best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction, which he discussed in numerous texts, and developed in the context of phenomenology. The becoming philosophy as a foreign language 31 in order to frame this rereading, i will attempt to engage in a discussion that they never shared regarding the notions of the other, the future as becoming, and ethics.
Derrida after the end of writing argues for the importance of reading derrida s later work from a new materialist perspective. Philosophy hegel the german philosopher hegel believed that strange and alien bits of history have much to teach us. A concept introduced by derrida, differance is a pun on difference and deferment, and is that attribute of language, by which meaning is generated because of a words difference from other words in a signifying system, and at the same time. He was born fortyfive years ago of sephardic jewish parents in algiers at. Deconstruction designates the philosophy of jacques derrida, which is a strict analysis of language in the philosophical and theological text. Early in the twentieth century, philosophy diverged into two camps. Derrida and classical indian philosophy as discussed by h. John and ken take on derrida and his ideas with joshua kates from indiana university, author of fielding derrida. Kanthamani professor department of philosophy university of calicut 2008. Jacques derrida 19302004 was the founder of deconstruction, a way of criticizing not only both literary and philosophical texts but also political institutions.
Put simply, what this means is that philosophy is driven by a desire for the certainty associated with the existence of an absolute truth, or an objective. If derrida was in fact part of the closedworld academic discussion that morningstar describes, then he would have faced a classic problem once he became prominent enough. Derrida gramatologia pdf gramatologia on free shipping on qualifying offers. Jacques derrida s philosophy is a complex literary critical method called deconstruction. Derrida takes as his starting point the assertion that modern western philosophy is characterized by and constructed around an inherent desire to place meaning at the centre of presence. Jacques derrida by individual philosopher philosophy. Alan bass chicago, ll university of chicago press, 1972. Derrida and the philosophy of law and justice springerlink.