Derrida

[Thomas Harberd]

Derrida:
> Yes, it's an interesting thesis.  I have discussed this a 
lot with my dad
> (who has a doctorate in English to my lowly B.A.), and he 
is of the opinion
> that Jacques misreads Plato, or reads him rather narrowly, 
in some of his
> criticisms. 

I think that, whilst being quite interesting, Derrida is 
really just acting like I would do in an essay if I wanted 
to annoy the teacher.  That is, hack apart the actual basis 
for the question (which is, of course, quite valid) rather 
that try and answer it.  It's remarkably easy to do, and I 
think that Derrida is just a well-known example of it.
He wanted to cause trouble, and what larger institution 
could he possibly attempt to bring down than "the whole of 
Western thought since Plato?"

Tom. H.
http://www.uea.ac.uk/~w9624759
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."