Derrida en 90 minutos (Filósofos en 90 minutos)

Philosophers in 90 Minutes #5

by Paul Strathern

El desconstructivismo de Derrida es nada menos que un intento de destruir toda «escritura» demostrando su inevitable falsedad. El escritor escribe con una mano, pero ¿qué hace con la otra? Todo escrito, todo texto, insiste Derrida, contiene su propia agenda escondida, sus propias suposiciones metafísicas. El propio lenguaje del escritor distorsiona inevitablemente lo que piensa y escribe. Se socava así la «verdad» de todo conocimiento; llega el posestructuralismo. En Derrida en 90 minutos, Paul Strathern presenta un recuento preciso y experto de la vida e ideas de Derrida, y explica su influencia en la lucha del hombre por comprender su existencia en el mundo. El libro incluye una selección de escritos de Derrida, una breve lista de lecturas sugeridas para aquellos que deseen profundizar en su pensamiento, así como cronologías que sitúan a Derrida en su época y en una sinopsis más amplia de la filosofía.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Biography, History, Theory, Audiobook

120 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Paul Strathern (born 1940) is a English writer and academic. He was born in London, and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, after which he served in the Merchant Navy over a period of two years. He then lived on a Greek island. In 1966 he travelled overland to India and the Himalayas. His novel A Season in Abyssinia won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1972.

Besides five novels, he has also written numerous books on science, philosophy, history, literature, medicine and economics.

Reviews

[Narjes Dorzade · Rating 3 out of 5]

« هدف دریدا چیزی نبود جز ویران‌سازی کل “ نوشتار “ از طریق نشان دادن نادرستی اجتناب‌ناپذیرش. نویسنده با یک دست می‌نویسد، اما با دست دیگر چه‌ می‌کند؟ همه‌ی نوشته‌ها، همه‌ی متن‌ها، برنامه‌ی خودشان را دارند. یعنی دربردارنده‌ی پیش‌فرض‌های متافیزیکی خودشان هستند. این امر به خصوص در مورد خود زبان صادق است. نویسنده اغلب این واقعیت را نادیده می‌گیرد که خود زبانی که او مورد استفاده قرار می‌دهد به گونه‌ای اجتناب‌ناپذیر آنچه را که او می‌‌اندیشد و می‌نویسد؛ تحریف می‌کند و از شکل می‌اندازد. »

کتابی نسبتا دقیق برای آشنایی اولیه با ذهن درخشان دریدا

[Adriana Scarpin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Esse tal de Paul Strathern é mesmo muito almofadinha escroto, o livro sobre Derrida não chega a ser tão revoltante quanto o sobre Foucault, mas ele tem umas tiradinhas completamente desnecessárias a respeito de certas correntes filosóficas, muito embora a respeito de Derrida ele mantenha o nível.

[Setayesh Dashti · Rating 4 out of 5]

کتاب خیلی خیلی خوبی بود. بیان نظریات دریدا در بستر تاریخی و مقایسه‌ش با هم‌عصرها و هم‌نظرهاش مثل فوکو، بارت و ویتگنشتاین بسیار خوب و مفید بود. نثر نویسنده روان و شفاف بود و طنزی هم داشت که مخاطبی که آكادمیک فلسفه نخونده رو به خودش جذب می‌کرد. ترجمهٔ روانی هم داشت ولی نیاز به ذکر ترم‌هایی که ترجمه‌شون کرده بود؛ مثل فراشد احساس می‌شد. مشتاق شدم باقی‌ش رو هم بخونم.
هرچند، قسمت‌هایی رو عملاً نفهمیدم و این ضعف کتابه، چون فهمیدن مفاهیمی مثل حضور استعلایی متافیزیک غرب نیاز به پشتوانهٔ فلسفی قابل‌توجهی داره.

[Sadaf · Rating 4 out of 5]

«در زیر خیابان ساحلی پنهان است..»

متن را خوانندگان متون معنا میکنند نه نویسندگان .
هیچ معنایی نمیتواند ثابت و معین باشد.

[Mohamad Amin]

این سری کتاب ها رو خیلی دوست دارم

[Miguel Barocchi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Derrida would have hated this book.

[Jimmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Derrida can be summed up in this one quote by Peter Lennon: "Deconstruction is a theory which appears to lend itself most readily to babbling obfuscation."

[Irene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una introducción útil para decidir si me quiero leer sus escritos.

[Daniel Díez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este muy bien, he aprendido muchísimo. Es cierto que hay partes que pueden costar mucho, pero creo que es más cosa de la filosofía de Derrida que del propio libro .

[Don · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title is correct - about 90 minutes to finish this book. I was really hoping for a bit more structured view on Derrida's works - especially considering on how he is positioned within the philosophical community. But, I believe I understood the general view of deconstructionism and how 'what is unsaid' in text has addition meaning (a terrible term to use with Derrida). Language has limits - it is not precise or absolute. Every text has hidden assumptions and agenda. We should 'deconstruct' the text to understand that what we call 'truth' is relative to the language we use and the underlying hidden intentions.

Debatable on if this should be 3 or 4 stars - but, I give it 3 1/2 only because the author tends to wander quite a bit.

[Kai Mustakoski · Rating 4 out of 5]

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(Notes)

Derrida:

Deconstruction; Aporia; Differance

Highly controversial "thinker". Tried to destroy all meaning systems by saying that meanings are never stable, or do any justice to reality.

Relativist. Meaning resides somewhere between the words.

Only negation gives meaning to a word, but that meaning can have as many interpretations as their is readers

Pharmacon: Means both cure and poison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQbWO...

Deconstruction: to be able to see what lays in some ideas opposite. Rebellion against old structures of thinking.

DEcontructed binary oppisites: reason v feeligs, masculinity v femininity. there's always something good in both.

WIth deconstruction wanted us to know that there is no set truth, and that it is impossible to find, and that trying to find it is many times a dangerous endevour.

E.g. capitalism v socialism, would be stupid to dismiss either one of the completely, but to see that there is good in both.

APORIA = puzzlement. Not knowing . Confusion is a sign of adulthood if accepted.

LOGOCENTRISM: naive faith in rationalism/reason/logic. That this would be the best way to communicate.

did not like the idea of IQ test. Did not tell anything about any other aspects of human beings.

Was a Jew, liked snooker, and fotball

Corrective thinker. Did not want to omit all hierarchy. Opposites should be always seen together. See the other person ideas' good sides, and the shit in your own.

[Guilherme Passos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Derrida é um dos autores mais confusos e indecifráveis da filosofia francesa e quiçá do mundo, começa pelo fato de ele ser pós-estruturalista e vir da mesma escola / corrente de pessoas como Sartré e Foucault, só que esses dois são bem tranquilos em questão de entendimento quando comparados à Derrida. E o pior, ele fazia isso de propósito, tinha orgulho de seus textos serem indecifráveis. Parece que Paul Strathern quis escrever seu livro como se fosse um pupilo de Derrida.

O texto desse livro é bem confuso e digo que redundante. Começo a notar um padrão em Strathern, ele realmente parece escrever como se fosse o autor que está resenhando. Isso é ótimo quando você lê o livro sobre Russel dessa coleção, um dos filósofos mais claros da história, mas quando se entra nessa galera francesa pós-guerra, complica muito. Além disso, ele não fez como fez em Foucault, onde falou bastante da vida do pensador para que possamos entender melhor os motivos de ele pensar como pensava, ao invés disso, ele dedicou várias páginas à explicação do pensamento e principalmente de como definir o desconstrucionismo. Mas ao fazer isso, ele cita várias exemplos que no fim dizem a mesma coisa, como se tivesse "enchendo linguiça".

Não é um dos melhores de Strathern.

[E · Rating 2 out of 5]

Apparently this was originally published in the USA as "Derrida in 90 Minutes" (yetch!). When he saw that I was reading "The Essential Derrida" my smartass boyfriend said, "Isn't that an oxymoron?"

In comparison to other introductory books on Derrida (Derrida for Beginners and the somewhat less useful Introducing Derrida) this is pretty mediocre, covering portions of Derrida's work in only the most superficial manner. Taken alone this could be downright confusing--with other introductory texts it provides a good (and very quick--it's only 40 pages!) review.

"The Essential Derrida" contains more information on Derrida's life and political activity than other introductory books.

[Wilson prata · Rating 3 out of 5]

ao mesmo tempo o melhor e o pior livro sobre Derrida. O tom jocoso do autor, muitas vezes incomoda, por outro lado, é relevante para evidenciar algumas contradições do pensamento de Derrida mas, principalmente, para nos lembrar de não se deixar levar pelo pensamento sem atentar a uma crítica mais distanciada.

[John Reis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like his short book on Foucault, Strathern takes Derrida’s work and life seriously, no catty remarks as in some of his other books.

This is a good introduction to Derrida’s life and work. He was raised in Algeria: he went to school in Paris in his early 20s. His first major work was a translation of Husserl’s Origin of Geometry, to which he added an enormous introduction. Husserl wanted to provide a certain basis to our knowledge, when at the time, many considered intuition to play an important role, thus making knowledge relative to an individual’s intuitions.

Derrida thought there lay an inconsistency, an aporia, in Husserl’s argument. This becomes the basis for all of Derrida’s later work. “For Derrida “philosophy” is not a philosophy as such, it is rather a questioning of philosophy: an “interrogation of its very possibility. He questions the entire bases of philosophy and its ability to operate on its own terms.”

Yet, “In undermining truth he also succeeds in undermining the truth of what he is saying.” Strathern comments “Truth may be relative in terms of absolute status, but treating it as relative is another matter.”

In 1965 Derrida joins a radical avant-garde magazine whose aim was to develop a new intellectual terrorism which would subvert all previous conceptions of writing, literary criticism, and philosophy.” “Derrida’s aim was nothing less than to destroy all writing by demonstrating its inevitable falsehood.”

Strathern makes a point of describing the state of higher education in France at this time and agrees with critics of Derrida that his deconstruction only really worked in French academia, because no such conditions existed in the UK or USA.

Strathern does not delve into Derrida’s arguments deeply; he does not have the time or space but he does offer a fair introduction to the man’s thought.

[Pedro Acosta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pienso que bajo la percepción de que este sea un libro resumen, está muy bien distribuido y es un buen resumen de lo más importante de la vida del filósofo. Está claro que entender de Derrida implicas muchas más lecturas, pero como un paseo rápido este libro está bastante bien.

I think that under the perception that this is a summary book, it is very well distributed and is a good summary of the essential things in the philosopher's life. Understanding Derrida involves more reading, but this book is pretty good for a quick walk.

[Theo Milos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Derrida was a French philosopher who is most celebrated as the principal exponent of deconstruction. On some occasions, he regarded deconstruction as a radicalization of a certain spirit of Marxism. He challenged Western philosophy and its assumtions.

Some critics consider Speech and Phenomena (1967) to be his most important work. Others cite: Of Grammatology (1967) Writing and Difference (1967), and Margins of Philosophy (1972)



DONE with this series!!!

[Kavinay · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's easy to miscast Derrida's work as ultimately nihilistic. Instead, Strathern does a great job illustrating how subjectivity is more a call for epistemic humility than the great relativistic Satan the Derrida's critics interpret him to be.

[biname]

دیگه از اسمش معلومه....
ولی دوست داشتنی=)

[Loüie Frankel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The cover says the book takes 90 minutes to read, but I read it in 60.

[Desollado · Rating 5 out of 5]

As short as it is, is one of the best neutral and well informed books on Derrida I have read so far.

[Bram · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anderhalf uur mee bezig geweest, maar verder wel leuk.

[Navid Aliakbarian · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Star

[Anders Demitz-Helin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gives a sense of his projects rather than informs on facts. It's occationally very thrilling. I tend to vote for him being true rather than a charlatan. But not on all days or moods.

[Paola · Rating 2 out of 5]

Livro limitado.

[Chase · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would have considered reading a review claiming that this book was horribly unhelpful more helpful than this horribly unhelpful book.
Consider my time already wasted for you.

[#DÏ4B7Ø Chinnamasta-Bhairav · Rating 5 out of 5]

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To SEE a WORLD in a Grain of Sand,
And a HEAVEN in a Wild Flower,
Hold INFINITY in the palm of your hand
And ETERNITY in an Hour"
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“Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows.” Nisargadatta Maharaj

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" I and The Father are one,
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Thy kingdom come.
Let the reign of divine
Truth, Life, and Love
be established in me,
and rule out of me all sin;
and may Thy Word
enrich the affections of all mankind

A mighty oak tree standing firm against the storm,
As sunlight scatters the shadows of night
A river nourishing the land it flows through

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[Will · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book goes out of its way to ensure that once those 90 minutes are up you won't want to read any Derrida. He was a very polarizing thinker, but if you just read the snide assessments of his work here, you'd think he was an idiot with idiotic ideas and an idiotic following. For people looking for an "introduction" to Derrida, "Derrida for Beginners" is great and actually attempts to be unbiased and despite the format (graphic novel) is a surprisingly in depth analysis of his books.

[Brad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Strathern's other series (90 minutes) is much better. He often tends to go off the rails and go on tangents in this series. He usually discuss other philosophers than he does the subject matter.

It helped base the time on my drive to ATL but I would not go out of my way to put this on your reading list.

Plus Derrida is pretty intense as it is and listening to it in the car might not have been the best choice.

[Heather Pagano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good intro to Derrida. The book did a good job giving some perspective about where he fit into the philosophy of his time, gave relevant and interesting biography, and explained the most important features of his thought. It didn't go very deep into explaining and illustrating Derrida's thought, but I thought the info imparted, given the short format of the book, was worthwhile.