This blog is response to flipped Learning task given by Professor Dr. dilip Barad sir here I discuss about my understanding of every videos about Derrida and Deconstruction.
1, Derrida and Deconstruction Definition:
He is whether it is possible to define something once and for all rigorously and
Whether and what are its limits to what extent can you define something.
Derrida use the deconstruction he refuses to define it saying that like all other terms that we use in philosophy or literary Criticism for that matter even deconstruction cannot be once and for all for finally difine.
2, Derrida and Deconstruction: Heidegger:
The seeds of Deconstruction sprouted from Martin Heidegger (1889 - 1976)
Freud and Nietzsche are three important thinkers which Derrida acknowledges in his very famous as a structure sign and play as the ideas in these philosophers are in many way continued by dairy down Heidegger and his philosophy deals with some very important themes which Derrida continues in his own philosophy. One of the themes is the question of deconstruction when the term destruction in German is translated as deconstruction into French so that is a direct connection between Heidegger and Derrida.
Heidegger wanted to destroy or dismantle the entire tradition of western philosophy by pressing the question of Being of Being.
3, Derrida and Deconstruction: Ferdinand de saussure:
Derrida says that western philosophy is again built on the difference binary oppositions just like human language.
4, Derrida and Deconstruction: DifferAnce:
Saussurean sign is equal to signifier which signifies something but Derridean sign is free play of signifiers.
Derrida combine two term' differ' and 'defer'. Pun it means to differ is also mean differentiate. Derrida is drawing attention towards different between speech and writing. He questions privilege of speech over writing. 'DefferAnce' - difference is not an idea or a concept but a force which makes differentiate possible.
5, Derrida and Deconstruction: Structure, sign and play.
6, Derrida and Deconstruction: Yale school
Yale school very important role propagation of Derridas idea. Paul de Man, J.Hillis Miller, Harol Bloom, Geoffrey Hartman these four people actually made deconstruction. Yale school is responsible for bringing deconstruction in the Literary criticism.
7, Derrida and Deconstruction: Influence on other critical theories:
Yale school as against that the other critical approaches like cultural materialism or feminism, gender theory, post colonial studies, new Historicism and Marxism psychoanalysis.
1,Postcolonial theories: fascinated by its ability to show that the texts or the discourse of the colonizers can be deconstructed from within the narrative.
2,Feminist theories: interested because it deals with how to subvert the binaries between male and female. By its ability to subvert patriarchal discourse.
3,Cultural Materialism: interested in it emphasize the materiality of language - Language is material construct and it has got ability to unmask hidden ideological agendas.
4, Historicism: By its ability to see historicity of text and textuality of history. History is textual and text is historical.
Questions:
1,Why feminist theories are important in Derrida and Deconstruction?
2, what is concept of western philosophy?
3, why we read deconstruction as positive term?
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