On Nov 4, 2009, at 5:29 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote:
> For the con side on Derrida, he answers almost everything that has
> been
> thrown against him. For the pro-side, I think Derrida does a beautiful
> job of explaining and demonstrating what he means and how he goes
> about
> it. The basic message, I think, is that our concepts of subject,
> rationialism, nation, and other cherished projects are always an
> ongoing
> system. So then, the method of deconstructing them is essentially to
> historicize them and then open them to further development.
Yeah. Why does that drive people into an apoplectic rage?