Jacques Derrida and his critique of logocentrism
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Jacques Derrida, the French deconstructionist, is explicitly against what he calls the logocentrism of the Western tradition. While it purports to be about language and is connected both to Heidegger’s philosophy of language (that there is no thinking outside of language) and Saussure’s theory of language (that words are signs that don’t refer to essential ‘things’), and denies the laws of logic as articulated by Aristotle, it is explicitly anti-Christian insofar as the divine Logos is central to Christian thought.
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Is Derrida basically carrying on the work of Nietzsche?
I think that Heidegger to some degree was, and Derrida follows in his wake.
Is Derrida and other philosophers like him subtly reifying words, texts and ideas?
As if they have a mind of their own outside authorial intent?
If an author of a text were available to interrogate would Derrida submit to the Author's limiting of the meaning of words or would he insist the words are mystical in a way that allows the creation of new meaning from the same words (merely because the words themselves allow that freedom but the author may not). The servant/tool (a written word) has become a weapon to kill an author's meaning.
I admit I don't understand Derrida and post-modernist.
There is a movie called the 13th floor, where a character realizes he is an AI projection. It seems that post-modernist are determined to convince everyone their world is a social construction that has no logical permanency and all meaning is relative to one's unique perception.
Good question. The answer is yes: The Way Poststructuralism Systematically Undermines Meaning
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Incorrect explanation of Derrida. The “word” like all DEFINITIONS OF GOD can only fall short, hence there is a long tradition of apophasis. Christians know that textual interpretation is part of our religion. Please do not take this speakers view as authority. Derrida is not anti religion. Anyone who claims to have “ deconstructed” Christianity is misusing this word. Deconstruction in fact helps us, in helping us to be less Wittgenstein called it , BAMBOOZLED BY LANGUAGE.
This is not Derrida’s position. If you want to say he is apophatic, you must extend it to ALL predications of being, which is certainly NOT the position of apophatic theology.