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From: Chris Lees <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: "Zen archaeology and Derrida"
>> >"What deconstruction is not ? everything of course !
>> > What is deconstruction ? nothing of course ! "
>> >
>>
>>
>> If "deconstruction" were the same-as the void of zen practice, it would
have
>> no meaning or social existence! How then could it simultaneously be a
method
>> for human understanding?
>>
>> The "nothing" of Derrida seems instead to be the meta-everything!
>
>Lenny,
>
>I did not say what 'deconstruction' is,or is not,those are Derrida's
words,not mine.
>I did not say what 'the Void' is,or that it is the same as
'deconstruction'.
>
Relax! I am not your personal tormentor!
>I don't know why you might conclude that either 'the Void' or
'deconstruction'
>would have "no meaning or social existence"...I don't understand your line
>of reasoning that lead to that conclusion.
>
Obviously! And so the paradox of your line of reasoning!
>As I recall,the comparisom that I drew was between the koan as a teaching
method
>between a zen teacher and trainee,and Derrida's use of a similar technique
to 'educate'
>on a much larger scale.
>
And I recall the same! Is there a communication problem here?
>I don't know what a "meta-everything" could be.The term makes no sense to
me.
>
And so you give up trying, is that your message? You co-op the context and
deny the validity of any other interpretations! What kind of consensual
"understanding" can this method lead to?
Cheers,
--Lenny__
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