One point I would make regarding Derrida and "Plato's Pharmacy" is that
I don't think that Derrida was interested in any sort of critical analysis
of this text. He holds it up as a mirror. The King is official rhetoric.
The philosopher is equated with the literary writer. For Derrida, Plato's
work is not a work of truth or truth-seeking, but a distinction between
official, structural thinking, and non-official, non-structural thinking.
that's the best I can do to try to decipher it. The King stops the
philosopher's speech but I think the implication is that the philosopher can
now turn to writing as a way to stay outside official thought--to move
between the lines of the checker-board of structuralism.
Another suggestion I would make is that Derrida is a fun-maker. He
laughs at the grid of structuralism and he plays with deconstruction the way
a child might mess up a perfectly-alined Reubick's Cube--just because he
can. Therein lies the freedom. We play with deconstruction because we can.
Just my view.
Sara
All alone I came into this world.
All alone I will someday die.
Solid stone is just sand and water, baby
Sand and water, and a million years gone by. (Beth Nielson-Chatman)
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