"L'amour ou la mort?" An American's difficulty speaking French triggers a fantastic and revealing rupture in Derrida's thought. Now where is my umbrella?
Great edit. "Non. Je'n veux pas vous parler d'l'amour." Priceless!
Derrida is great. Deconstruction is not an epistemological approach; nor is it a way of life. Derrida got himself off in the play of difference and deconstruction, but his approach is radical enough to undo many toxic patterns of thought and behaviour.
@NearVSMello I believe 6:42 is where some latent notion is beginning to seep into her mind that she just asked the stupidest question to one of the twentieth-century's greatest philosophers. Funny.
thanks for posting this video, it will save me having to watch the whole thing.
what a rediculous epistemological approach...constantly afraid to believe anything, to invest in anything...making deconstruction the ultimate form of belief, the ultimate way of distantiating oneself from realities of the real.
@MrBlakjerry What a curious epistemological approach. A constant hope of questioning everything. A warinesses to plunge into anything... Making deconstruction the ultimate form of living, the ultimate way of escaping the obviousness of the plain.
constantly afraid to believe anything, to invest in anything...making deconstruction the ultimate form of belief, the ultimate way of distantiating oneself from realities of the real.
T o never answer any question directly - it seems very much like a phase post-marxism went through from 1979 to 1995. Since then Deconstruction has become so adopted by consumerism that it has lost all of the radicality it once claimed to have. What is the 'mash up' in litertature and in pop music but Derrida, and now it is at the very forefront of consumerism. What would Derrida make of deconstruction as fashion, or would he not answer that question directly.
When this guy was on everybody's coffee table I thought philosophy was the biggest load of garbage. A friend told me you have to read him literally, like take everything he says literally, but even that felt like some "language game". I'm sure glad Zizek came along to take the stuffiness and pretentious bullshit out of that otherwise floundering field.
I love that part in the Zizek! documentary where he attacks the Derridean who was accusing him of being dogmatically Lacanian. Funny ass shit.
Transcript of thoughts from first 30 second shot of him sitting: ...Yeess. Look at me i am a deep powerful philosopher. look at my serious face. Yes. thats it. look at my furrowed brow. Gaze and wonder at my genius as i sit and show off my serious demeaner. I am french. FRENCH. i dont even have to speak. convey it all through the intense and deep motions i make with my eyes. Yeess.
@shakeyourdimsims Derrida himself addresses the artificiality of the situation right from the start. It's the editors of the film that have chosen to represent Derrida as the thoughtful thinker via the techniques of slow motion, close ups, ambient music etc... All things that are out of Derrida's control.
One could reverse the title of this video and ask where exactly are the out takes? The moments where Derrida is not being 'Derrida'. This film serves to perpetuate the myth of the man.
"L'amour ou la mort?" An American's difficulty speaking French triggers a fantastic and revealing rupture in Derrida's thought. Now where is my umbrella?
RodsAndAxes 2 months ago
Great edit. "Non. Je'n veux pas vous parler d'l'amour." Priceless!
Derrida is great. Deconstruction is not an epistemological approach; nor is it a way of life. Derrida got himself off in the play of difference and deconstruction, but his approach is radical enough to undo many toxic patterns of thought and behaviour.
zfouchard 7 months ago
6:31 His look is priceless!
NearVSMello 9 months ago
@NearVSMello For everything else there's Mastercard.
ButherLi55ett 6 months ago
@NearVSMello I believe 6:42 is where some latent notion is beginning to seep into her mind that she just asked the stupidest question to one of the twentieth-century's greatest philosophers. Funny.
RodsAndAxes 2 months ago
thanks for posting this video, it will save me having to watch the whole thing.
what a rediculous epistemological approach...constantly afraid to believe anything, to invest in anything...making deconstruction the ultimate form of belief, the ultimate way of distantiating oneself from realities of the real.
MrBlakjerry 1 year ago
@MrBlakjerry What a curious epistemological approach. A constant hope of questioning everything. A warinesses to plunge into anything... Making deconstruction the ultimate form of living, the ultimate way of escaping the obviousness of the plain.
NearVSMello 9 months ago
constantly afraid to believe anything, to invest in anything...making deconstruction the ultimate form of belief, the ultimate way of distantiating oneself from realities of the real.
MrBlakjerry 1 year ago
thanks for uploading this!
Ceworld2009 1 year ago
T o never answer any question directly - it seems very much like a phase post-marxism went through from 1979 to 1995. Since then Deconstruction has become so adopted by consumerism that it has lost all of the radicality it once claimed to have. What is the 'mash up' in litertature and in pop music but Derrida, and now it is at the very forefront of consumerism. What would Derrida make of deconstruction as fashion, or would he not answer that question directly.
mormor39 1 year ago
great editing, a succession of one bad question after another, terrible interviewing, i would go on but i forgot
badmonkilla21 1 year ago
PS-I love how he runs away from answering *any* question directly.
dubblewalker 2 years ago
When this guy was on everybody's coffee table I thought philosophy was the biggest load of garbage. A friend told me you have to read him literally, like take everything he says literally, but even that felt like some "language game". I'm sure glad Zizek came along to take the stuffiness and pretentious bullshit out of that otherwise floundering field.
I love that part in the Zizek! documentary where he attacks the Derridean who was accusing him of being dogmatically Lacanian. Funny ass shit.
milkyvalour 2 years ago
Transcript of thoughts from first 30 second shot of him sitting: ...Yeess. Look at me i am a deep powerful philosopher. look at my serious face. Yes. thats it. look at my furrowed brow. Gaze and wonder at my genius as i sit and show off my serious demeaner. I am french. FRENCH. i dont even have to speak. convey it all through the intense and deep motions i make with my eyes. Yeess.
shakeyourdimsims 2 years ago
@shakeyourdimsims Hey! don't diss the man's furrowed brows. He's got such a handsome persona.
dubblewalker 2 years ago
@shakeyourdimsims Derrida himself addresses the artificiality of the situation right from the start. It's the editors of the film that have chosen to represent Derrida as the thoughtful thinker via the techniques of slow motion, close ups, ambient music etc... All things that are out of Derrida's control.
One could reverse the title of this video and ask where exactly are the out takes? The moments where Derrida is not being 'Derrida'. This film serves to perpetuate the myth of the man.
BenNCM 1 year ago 2