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Differance: A Call to Disturbance
Analytical Essay # 116165
Differance: A Call to Disturbance
A discussion of the philosopher Jacques Derrida's term "differance," and what it entails.
1,762 words (approx. 7 pages) |
2 sources |
MLA | 2009
Paper Summary:
This paper discusses postmodern philosophy and the term "differance," which was coined by Jacques Derrida to challenge the totalitarian view of being and attempt a more authentic description of our existence. The writer explains differance, which Derrida insisted does not have any kind of form, using several types of examples. The paper concludes that Derrida calls on us to remain disturbed - to keep us focused on the deferred presence-ing that ultimately leads us to the absolute.From the Paper:
"Post-modernism realizes that there is an open world out there. The metaphysics of being does not singly define the world that we live in. Instead there is a "breaking open" of long-held beliefs that we have grown accustomed to. This means then that the ground that we have all been relying upon has been removed. An imagery of the rug being swept under one's feet comes into mind. Derrida is an example of such a man who sweeps the rug and makes one off balance. It is his concept of the play of differance that seeks to replace the totality of being. Derrida then enjoins us not to fall trap to a totalitarian view of the whole but rather to a constant dynamism that truly characterizes our existence."Sample of Sources Used:
- Jacques Derrida, Differance: Margins of Philosophy, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982)
- Jacques Derrida, Of Hospitality, (California: Stanford UP, 2000)
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Differance: A Call to Disturbance (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Differance-A-Call-to-Disturbance/116165
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"Differance: A Call to Disturbance" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Differance-A-Call-to-Disturbance/116165>
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