[lbo-talk] daydreaming

[Miles Jackson]

Shane Mage wrote:
> On Feb 18, 2008, at 11:57 PM, abu hartal wrote:
>
>   
>> "I made it a principle to not say things to people on line that I  
>> wouldn't be capable of saying to their faces." See Derrida's  
>> critique of logocentrism. Why is speech a more authentic form of  
>> communication than writing?
>>
>>     
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> Plato's Sokrates says (in *Phaidros*) that a book is like a brass gong,
> that makes a mighty sound but always the same one whenever it is struck
> and never can answer the slightest question. In other words, the only
> authentic form of communication is dialogue, with the human intercourse
> that involves all the senses, not mere abstract symbols.  Is this your
> (and Derrida's) point?
>
>   

No, Derrida (perversely?) takes the opposite position: see Of Grammatology.

Miles