Guest guest Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction [...] " The central move of a deconstructive analysis is to look at binary oppositions within a text (for instance, maleness and femaleness, or homosexuality and heterosexuality) and to show how, instead of describing a rigid set of categories, the two opposing terms are actually fluid and impossible to separate fully. The conclusion from this, generally, is that the categories do not actually exist in any rigid or absolute sense. " [...] ::::: This definition has stuck with me in the past week in the way it lays so clearly the bi-polar, dual, articulation of belief, and that the deconstructive work is in dis/solving the apparent dichotomy, ... not an opposition absolute/relative as Wikipedia hints to because language is absolute or is not, language is all there is or there is no language, language is its own transcendence and its own object and does not point to any (Kantian or not) transcendence, this moment, this idea, this language is all there is, i am nothing apart from my circumstances, perfectly explained to myself in essence without mystery or hidden/complex meanings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Eric Paroissien wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction > [...] > " The central move of a deconstructive analysis is to look at binary > oppositions within a text (for instance, maleness and femaleness, or > homosexuality and heterosexuality) and to show how, instead of > describing a rigid set of categories, the two opposing terms are > actually fluid and impossible to separate fully. The conclusion from > this, generally, is that the categories do not actually exist in any > rigid or absolute sense. " > [...] > > ::::: > > This definition has stuck with me in the past week in the way it > lays so clearly the bi-polar, dual, articulation of belief, and that > the deconstructive work is in dis/solving the apparent > dichotomy, ... not an opposition absolute/relative as Wikipedia > hints to because language is absolute or is not, language is all > there is or there is no language, language is its own transcendence > and its own object and does not point to any (Kantian or not) > transcendence, this moment, this idea, this language is all there > is, i am nothing apart from my circumstances, perfectly explained to > myself in essence without mystery or hidden/complex meanings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And when this pregnant void gives birth, the children are wondrous, unfathomable, nectar sweet for the drinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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