Day 5

• Quiz!
• Rhetoric and about Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida (/ʒɑːk ˈdɛrɪdə/; French: [ʒak dɛʁida]; born Jackie Élie Derrida;^[1] July 15, 1930 – October 9, 2004) was a French philosopher best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction, which he discussed in numerous texts, and developed in the context of phenomenology.^[4][5][6] He is one of the major figures associated with post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy.<sup>[7][8][9]

During his career Derrida published more than 40 books, together with hundreds of essays and public presentations. He had a significant influence upon the humanities and social sciences, including—in addition to philosophy and literature—law,[10][11][12] anthropology,[13] historiography,[14] applied linguistics,[15] sociolinguistics,[16] psychoanalysis, political theory, religious studies, feminism, and gay and lesbian studies.</sup> 

Modernism: 

 

 ^{Deconstruction:}
"Whenever deconstruction finds a nutshell—a secure axiom or a pithy maxim—the very idea is to crack it open and disturb this tranquility. Indeed, that is a good rule of thumb in deconstruction. That is what deconstruction is all about, its very meaning and mission, if it has any. One might even say that cracking nutshells is what deconstruction is. In a nutshell. ...Have we not run up against a paradox and an aporia [something contradictory]...the paralysis and impossibility of an aporia is just what impels deconstruction, what rouses it out of bed in the morning..." (Caputo 1997, p.32)

^{Post Modern:}

^Homework: 

• Make-up Homework and Quiz close at midnight tonight

• ^{Readings for next time (see Discussion Leader Tab)}

• ^{Proposal for Zine (1 page, include topic, article ideas, why you want to write about it, who your target audience is, what you hope the reader will get out of it, who you will interview, the form (layout, tone) you hope it will take).  Post to BB}