Sunday, August 3, 2008

In which I conduct an experiment.

Penis penis penis.

lol.
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David Barry said...

Deconstruction's central concern is a radical critique of the Enlightenment project and of metaphysics, including in particular the founding texts by such philosophers as Plato, Rousseau, and Husserl, but also other sorts of texts, including literature. Deconstruction identifies in the Western philosophical tradition a "logocentrism" or "metaphysics of presence" (sometimes known as phallogocentrism) which holds that speech-thought (the logos) is a privileged, ideal, and self-present entity, through which all discourse and meaning are derived. This logocentrism is the primary target of deconstruction.

One typical form of deconstructive reading is the critique of binary oppositions, or the criticism of dichotomous thought. A central deconstructive argument holds that, in all the classic dualities of Western thought, one term is privileged or "central" over the other. The privileged, central term is the one most associated with the phallus and the logos. Examples include:

* speech over writing
* presence over absence
* identity over difference
* fullness over emptiness
* meaning over meaninglessness
* mastery over submission
* life over death

Derrida argues in Of Grammatology (translated by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and published in English in 1976) that, in each such case, the first term is classically conceived as original, authentic, and superior, while the second is thought of as secondary, derivative, or even "parasitic." These binary oppositions, or "violent hierarchies", and others of their form, he argues, must be deconstructed.

This deconstruction is effected in two ways (La Double Séance). He argues that these oppositions cannot be simply transcended; given the thousands of years of philosophical history behind them, it would be disingenuous to attempt to move directly to a domain of thought beyond these distinctions. So deconstruction attempts to compensate for these historical power imbalances, undertaking the difficult project of thinking through the philosophical implications of questioning and presenting complications to show the contingency of such divisions.

August 3, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Andrew said...

He was so right, though .... 'penis penis penis lol' is a hell of a lot more clear.....

August 3, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Hewhoblogs said...

I think penis penis penis lol is associated with the phallus.

You only proved Dave's point.

August 3, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Andrew said...

While "penis penis penis lol" is, undoubtedly, associated with the phallus .... I remain unconvinced that the same can be said of speech generally.

August 4, 2008 at 8:33 AM
Ben said...

lol sinep sinep sinep

August 4, 2008 at 11:48 AM

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