[lbo-talk] Conversation with Derrida

Jeffrey Fisher jeff.jfisher at gmail.com
Wed Nov 4 15:34:31 PST 2009


On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


>
> 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?
>
>
>
Always been a mystery to me, too.



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