The author is interested in re-examining Derrida’s legacy and its role in critical philosophy and the contemporary moment of modernity in a way that does away with what he sees as the generally limited potential of recent French thought.
What’s at stake for him is the understanding that “at the precise moment [...]
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S. Newman: ‘Anarchism, Poststructuralism and the Future of Radical Politics’
Posted in Marx, Specters of Marx, anarchism, law, worth reading, tagged enlightenment, poststructuralism on November 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Saul Newman’s essay “Anarchism, Poststructuralism and the Future of Radical Politics” discusses, as one might expect, the possibilities for radical politics after such politics are subjected to the critiques of poststructuralism. Newman comes out in favor of a “post-anarchism” that embraces the core values of classical anarchism while incorporating the post-structuralist critiques. If one can [...]
J.C. Hayes: Unconditional Translation: Derrida’s Enlightenment-to-Come
Posted in Benjamin, Kant, Marx, Specters of Marx, aporia, time, tagged a-venir, democracy-to-come, enlightenment, Rogues, Specters of Marx, translation on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Julie Candler Hayes’s Unconditional Translation: Derrida’s Enlightenment-to-Come focuses on the role of lumieres (enlightenment) in Derrida’s “metapolitical” thought. The a-venir (to-come) quality of Derrida’s democracy is, in his later work, extended to his concept of Enlightenment. The aporetic structure (or stricture) [...]
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