Plato's Pharmacy
Place on List:
I. Literary Theory and
Criticism
2. Post-structuralism
Jacques
Derrida. “Plato's Pharmacy” in Dissemination.
Supporting References:
- “Jacques Derrida.” The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Ed. Vincent B. Leitch. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2001. 1815-21. Print.
- Lawlor, Leonard. "Jacques Derrida." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Edward N. Zalta. Fall Edition. 2011. Web. 15 Aug 2013.
The article with
URL( http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/derrida/
) offers an overview of Derrida and less a discussion on the
above-cited text.
“Jacques Derrida
(1930-2004) was the founder of “deconstruction,” a way of
criticizing not only both literary and philosophical texts but also
political institutions. Although Derrida at times expressed regret
concerning the fate of the word “deconstruction,” its popularity
indicates the wide-ranging influence of his thought, in philosophy,
in literary criticism and theory, in art and, in particular,
architectural theory, and in political theory. Indeed, Derrida's fame
nearly reached the status of a media star, with hundreds of people
filling auditoriums to hear him speak, with films and televisions
programs devoted to him, with countless books and articles devoted to
his thinking. Beside critique, Derridean deconstruction consists in
an attempt to re-conceive the difference that divides self-reflection
(or self-consciousness). But even more than the re-conception of
difference, and perhaps more importantly, deconstruction works
towards preventing the worst violence. It attempts to render justice.
Indeed, deconstruction is relentless in this pursuit since justice is
impossible to achieve.”
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