Comments on: What is Structure? (Derrida) http://hanaa.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/what-is-structure-derrida/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 04 May 2007 02:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: atticfox http://hanaa.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/what-is-structure-derrida/#comment-3 atticfox Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:36:39 +0000 http://hanaa.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/what-is-structure-derrida/#comment-3 Hey Aliya, The idea of center not being the center seems so simple now, doesn't it? The language is just such a bitch! I like the way Derrida describes the history of an entire era as the collective event that broke Europe's egocentric ass, turned them on their ear and made them realize, "Shit! There are OTHERS! Maybe we should get off our high horse now." Similarly, Derrida's theory was the event that blew Saussure's theory right off its axis. Still he knows that his answer isn't necessarily a center unto itself. Was he perceived as the "bad boy" in the theory world for deconstructing a central truth of society? I'm sure some people think so but I respect him for questioning and for leaving room to say that there is no one truth. As you so eliquently put it, "there is no one explanation to explain away it all." PS: The way these guys are flipping each other off left and right, its too bad they're all dead. It would be great to toss 'em in a ring together. Hey Aliya,

The idea of center not being the center seems so simple now, doesn’t it? The language is just such a bitch!

I like the way Derrida describes the history of an entire era as the collective event that broke Europe’s egocentric ass, turned them on their ear and made them realize, “Shit! There are OTHERS! Maybe we should get off our high horse now.” Similarly, Derrida’s theory was the event that blew Saussure’s theory right off its axis. Still he knows that his answer isn’t necessarily a center unto itself. Was he perceived as the “bad boy” in the theory world for deconstructing a central truth of society? I’m sure some people think so but I respect him for questioning and for leaving room to say that there is no one truth. As you so eliquently put it, “there is no one explanation to explain away it all.”

PS: The way these guys are flipping each other off left and right, its too bad they’re all dead. It would be great to toss ‘em in a ring together.

]]> By: Keva Roberts http://hanaa.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/what-is-structure-derrida/#comment-2 Keva Roberts Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:08:35 +0000 http://hanaa.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/what-is-structure-derrida/#comment-2 Ok, your post made Derrida more understandable to me. I definitely agree with the arguement that nothing has an absolute answer according to Derrida. The idea of a chain definitely helped me understand the decentering idea. Chains don't have a solid core, and that kind of goes along with nothing have a solid answer. Come to think of it, I'd rather smoke one of Bakhtin's books than read Derrida again. But thank you for making at least a portion of it easier to comprehend. Ok, your post made Derrida more understandable to me. I definitely agree with the arguement that nothing has an absolute answer according to Derrida. The idea of a chain definitely helped me understand the decentering idea. Chains don’t have a solid core, and that kind of goes along with nothing have a solid answer. Come to think of it, I’d rather smoke one of Bakhtin’s books than read Derrida again. But thank you for making at least a portion of it easier to comprehend.

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