Jacques Derrida in 1 Minute

[mousseva]

we need more of those!!!

[lolzroflz]

This is brilliant!

[featheon]

Wow, this guy stinks at explication. It's pretty much value judgements from start to stop with nothing about the relationship of deconstruction to previous forms of literary theory, which is precisely what one would expect to be important whenever an author claims to have created a theoretical paradigm.

[tiiimtiiimtiiim]

wtf did i just watch??????????

[dovesandclouds]

would prefer if it was 2 min. it's so quick I can barely hear

[redux0]

you have totally misunderstood structuralism - you conflate it with historicism. Structuralism advocated the 'death of the author'. Read Barthes.

[gen6k]

well i think derrida contributed something worth saying.

[uriangatobataclan]

Damn this was funn... REally gaives me material for one of my classes... Yeah...

[dcfoster86]

Contrary to what you suggest, structuralist theorists didn't buy into the 'intentional fallacy', nor is Derrida known for articulating/identifying the intentional fallacy-- You'd want to go to the American New Critics (Cleanth Brooks, esp, as he coins the term) and Roland Barthes ('The Death of the Author'). Though it's fair to say that Derrida had no interest in uncovering authorial intent, and that he considered such a project impossible and pointless, to boot.

[ciberlucia]

THIS IS BULLSHIT, show some respect to Derrida

[Neobarone]

Derrida would be amused but not impressed. Deconstruction is the philosopher's way of saying that literature is to blame for the ambiguities and failures in his methods, not his search for being. Derrida was not playing games. So, who's to blame? Philosophers or poets? Derrida, you see, corrected Heidegger's deathbed regression toward poetry. BTW, he hated Hollywood and this sort of tripe.

[freshprinceofdonair]

@Neobarone I think that "amusing" is the aim here, not in-depth scholarly insight. Don't get too fixated on seriousness, it will do you no good.

That said, I found these enjoyable, please do more!

[asinkingship]

this just scratches the surface.

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[Gidwan]

@asinkingship

really? I thought all of Derrida's work could easily fit into a minute? /sarcasm

[asinkingship]

@Gidwan

Derrida feared that people would reduce his philosophy or misinterpret his words, I just wonder what he would think this one minute video.

[BuBBaGump014]

@asinkingship [Derrida feared that people would reduce his philosophy or misinterpret his words...]

How can one misinterpret his work when he himself advocated the position that the meaning of a text is not only divorced from but also continues on without its author? Deconstructionists, indeed, often seem perfectly willing to use the power of their position, often as academic professionals, to punish people who disagree. Good thing meaning and truth are axiomatically independent, eh?

[S2Cents]

very clever and Fun.

Do more. More!

[S2Cents]

very clever and Fun

[coffeecake26n]

THIS IS AWESOME!!

[volcano696]

Dude your awesome, it was like a punch to the head

[shades156248]

not going to lie this is really awesome, made sense and made me lol a lot

[variousletters]

a) neat!

b) pretty useful!

Thanks for making (and posting) this video.

[vandersteen18]

i wish you wouldnt have cussed.....then i could show this class

[portal1337]

@vandersteen18 you could use these comments to make a point about how anonymity changes how we behave online

[adrianeaglrck]

i don't have to make a mark to make it in philosophy whose the idiot most philosophers were street walking geniuses have you ever read a philosophy book ..seriously your an idiot

[malkooth]

@adrianeaglrck Pretty weird Irish accent.

[malkooth]

@adrianeaglrck You certainly can't explain it, fap to it maybe but explain it no.

[malkooth]

@adrianeaglrck One of the biggest idiots I know graduated from college with a bachelors in philosophy. You'll have to make a mark to make anything out of it which I predict you'll never do.

[adrianeaglrck]

here my mark...wait for it...wait for....yes i'm doing now! yes its a big pile of shit i just took all over your comments thats enough to get me a honorary degree

[malkooth]

@adrianeaglrck Your just an open wound since your mommy won't fuck you anymore.

[adrianeaglrck]

your mom still does so i'm happy

[WorstCaseSzenarios]

Man, great Video, please.... maybe Foucault next? :-)

[gaelicwolf]

Oh my god....love deconstructionist Lord of the Rings. <3

[svenso777]

derrida would be proud im sure...great video!

[KrushKrackKruck]

I love this! MOAR pls! Like, do it for Foucalt, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, just do it for everybody!

[hoboguru]

3 minute philosophy rip off fail

[aura113]

please tell me where you got that guy sitting on the chair with shitload of papers around him photo from?

[markobooko]

@aura113 Youtube doesn't let me post the link, but if you google "professor messy desk" it should appear on the first page of images.

[Dodger718]

pure gold.

derrida says: FUCK NO!