Derrida down under

Catherine Driscoll catherine.driscoll at adelaide.edu.au
Wed Sep 1 18:07:02 PDT 1999


Doug writes:


>>Not to return to the Judith Butler inferno of many months ago, but I
>>certainly endorse this criticism, found in this piece: "John Raulston
>>Saul could not be described as conservative, but like Scruton, he has
>>problems with Derrida, arguing that he is obscure, and therefore likely
>>to castrate the public imagination. Clarity is always the method of
>>those who serve the public imagination, he says, claiming that obscure
>>writers serve what he calls 'established power'."
>
>So can "clear" writers, like Roger Scruton with his "objective
>order." Big lies can be told in clear language, especially lies about
>the complexity of life. But we've been through this a million times,
>and I don't see any point in version 1,000,001.

Damnit Doug I'm aiming for at least version 2 000 000. And at least Derrida is a different focal point.



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