Single Idea 8216

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 6. Deconstruction]

Full Idea

Deconstruction, I have insisted, is not neutral. It intervenes.

Gist of Idea

Deconstruction is not neutral; it intervenes

Source

Jacques Derrida (Positions [1971], p.76)

Book Reference

Derrida,Jacques: 'Positions' [Continuum 2002], p.76


A Reaction

This, I think, is because there is in Derrida, as in most French philosophers, a strong streak of Marxism, and a desire to change the world, rather than merely understanding it. Idea 8213 shows the sort of thing he wants to change.

Related Idea

Idea 8213 I try to analyse certain verbal concepts which block and confuse the dialectical process [Derrida]