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Roo ts of Pos t -Modermby MichaelJ.Minnicino

U ni rsity of Chicago prof sso an B oomdi d in O tob r 1992 at th ag of sixty two. trans ator of P ato and Rouss au and a ongtim co g ducator B oom b cam wid y known forhis 19 7 bookThe C s g the A er c

t th tim of its pub icat ion it had com c�ar thatth w rst unaci s of th drug rock s x "count rcu turof th at 1 960's had n r abat d on h nation's campus s; in fact many of th ad rs of that count rcu

tur now quipp d with Ph.D.'s had b com thdominant minority in c g facu ti s and administrations. This min rity was conscious y training th ir stud nts to b a thought po ic n forcing "Po itica Corr ctn ss r ady to d nounc and punish any stud nt orinstructor d m d gui ty of racism s xism insuf ci nt

Fran is o oya "The Tribunal of the Inquisition . 18 11819.

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s nsiti ity to th homos xua " if sty or oan appr ciation of W st rn J ud o Christian cu t

B oom's book was th rst to xpos this scansituation to th g n ra pub ic and op n d th s ra oth r books notab y Din sh d'S uza'serE uc t Unfortunat y a most a who camProf ssor B oom imit d th ms s to n co

ng r po nting at th arious acad mic horrors trat d by th p itica y corr ct ma a; non

d p n B oom's in stigation.This phi osophica impot nc in th fac of cadr s m ans that in th y ars sinc B oomth situation on campus s has b com wors . EB oom's th sis was b ing d bat d stud nts at CaStanford Uni rsity support d in p rson by J ssson w r succ ssfu y o rturning th uni rs

rn Ci i ization cours r quir m nt as "racist ;d monstrations th stud nts chant d "H y h

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Illustrations in this series are from Fran is oGoya sL s Ca r s Ca r esa group ofeighty aquatint plates with full aptions rst

pu lished in 1 799.

Jews rea ed an ide l gy whi h in er ed w aN e zs he alled he "aris ra i alue equa-

i n hey belie ed l wlines s g d, and unl ii ed wer bad. Chris ani y was " he sla e re-l , he "s iri ual re enge f he Jews againse as er ra e. "D d Israel n a ain he ul i-

a e g al f i s subli e engefulness re selyhr ug he by ass f his Redee er, h s s-ensible pp nen and dis n egra r f Israel?

Was n par f he se re bla k ar f aruly grand p l i s f re enge, f a far see ng,

sub erranean, sl wly ad an ing, and re ed -a ed re enge ha Israel us deny he real

ins ru en f i s re enge bef re all he w rld as

a r al ene y and nail i he r ss, s haall he w rld, na ely he nen s f Israel,uld unhesi a ingly swall w jus his bai ?enea og o orals)A rd ng N e zs he, Chris iani y is hus

a Jew sh l , wh se ns ira r al r gins arel s in he fa ha he l has been s su essful

er he las w h usand years. And ha swha Hi ler said : Firs we us eli na e

he Jews, hen we will deal wi h he ener a ngeffe s f Chris ian i y n he Nazi a s er ra e.Theref re, Chris iani y is he s false f all

false y hs f religi n. Wha we us d , saysN e zs he, is re urn in ur nd s he as

The Chinchillas. He who hears nothing knows nothing and doesnoth ing . . . .

bef re Chris iani y, bef re Jewish n heis , es e-ially bef re S ra es and Pla , wh de ns ra ed hahere us be a sel subsis ing G d wh is nne ed

he e lu i n, hr ugh ank nd, he hys al uni-erse. M dern an us "e ernally re urn a suf -ien ly ri i i e i e, when he was s ar ng ake hiswn g d y hs. H er, says Nie zs he n a fa us

exa le, was a rea au h r n be ause he wr e ab uhe g ds, bu be ause he rea ed h s wn g ds.N e zs he s re lu i nary New Man f he fu ure, he

U ermens h r super an, us s ri away all he alueswi h whi h he has l ed equali y, jus i e, hu ili yand see he as illegi i a e erlays n s ie y. We us

a e anUmwertun a er erte(a " rans alua i n r"re alua i n f all alues ) ea h an will ake his wn

alues, a e h s wn n e f g d and e l, basedu n his wn hysi al and in elle ual s reng h. The

an f he fu ure us be a beas f prey, an "ar s flen e rea ing new y hs, new s a es based up n he

essen e f hu an na ure, whi h Nie zs he idenlle zur a ht he "Will P wer. A he

i e, he ld illeg i a e e a hysi al erbe i lessly des r yed, s ar ing w h ChrN e zs e n ludes nE e omo

"I a he An i Chris .

'Beig U to DeathHeidegger and he Frankfur S h l an essen

hara er zed as en a rs n Nie zs hHeidegger 1 9 1 976) began his rs Nie zsin Naz Ger any in 1 936 by ann un ing ha Nwas "n erely s sub ersi e as he hi self was

se.N e zs he s w ll p wer, said He degger, s

an unne essary e a hysi al quali y, be ause he indi idua l eg rea e a n e i n f

uni er se w h u suf ien re feren e e a

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of the universe; that is, if God is truly dead, then objectsare all we a ve, and t ere re t e s le determ n ant our will and our ideas. In this context, Heidegger toldhisstudents t at "C r st anp l s p y s a c ntrad ct n n terms. Actualp l s p y must d stn gu s between Sein (" Be ng n t e abstract) and D asein (l terally, "be ng-t ere, te n t n be ng as t s l ved n t e w rld

exper ences). T e mental st ry man s Dasein

ttempt ng t grasp Sein, r w at He degger and sll wers called te struggle t be"aut ent c.T e pr b-

lem s t at p en mena ncl ud ng ter pe ple, races,social systems,as well as hardlittle objects are "his tori-c z d. T y r st r c lly sp c c; Pl t 's c nc pts

r nst nc w r t ug t n t c nt xt sp c cp nt n st ry w c s n t ur p nt n st ry; butt y r tr t d s r l n ur p nt n st ry w r sH d gg r s ys t y r n't r l.

T s s w y H d gg r subscr b s t N tzsc 's c nc pt t " t rn l r turn : pr m t v p pl s r bl

t gr sp t bj cts t w rld n m r ut nt cs n b c us t y v l ss st ry l ss sc nc l ssnt ll ctu l b gg g w n t y nt r ct w t p n mn . F r m d rn duc t d p rs n r ck n t

gr und c m s r m c rt n g l g c l r nd p ss blyc nt ns v lu bl r ; but r pr m t v p rs n tr ck s s mply r ck. H d gg r g s v n urt r:L ts l s ult m t ly " n ut nt c b c us w r llm rt l nd t r s n mm rt l ty. T r r t m st

ut nt c nd um n w c n b se nzum T e "b ngunt d t ) t r c gn t n t t B ng nds n d t .

e nzum T eb ng t c s t m st p pl c n p

t d s t nd w t H d gg r c lls " H r w w lltr nsc nd t st r c ty w c s b n nd d d wnt t m nd w ll cr t n w m r ut nt c st ry.F r M rt n H d gg r t t H r w s Ad l H tl r; nd

s s und n bl t us nds y ung G rm n nt ll ctuls ll w d H tl r t t r d t s b s d up n H d g

g r's t c ngs.T Fr nk urt Sc l und d by G rg Luk cs

Hung r n r st cr t w b c m l t r ry t r sts l rg ly N tzsc nd H d gg r plus C mmun strg n z ng pr gr m. Ar und t t m W rld W r I

Luk cs v r d r m N tzsc t w rd B ls v sm nd

b c m c mm ss r cultur dur ng t br B ls v ks zur p w r n Hung ry n 1 91 9. A t r t undr dd y "Bud p st S v t w s d t d Luk cs d t M sc w nd b c m g c l t C mmun st I nt rn t n l C m nt rn). T r s t sk w s t nsw rt str k ng qu st n: W y d d B ls v sm succ d nRuss but l t t k ld n t W st d sp t C mmun st nsurr ct n cr ss Eur p ? T t s nd Luk csg t r d gr up M rx st s c l g sts nd p l s

p rs w s t up t Inst tut r S c l R sn Fr nk urt G rm ny n 1922; t s b c m

kn wn s t Fr nk urt Sc l.T I .S.R. d t rm n d t t t nsw r w

s d b n d m n t d st r c lly by prm C r st n ty w c w s ult m t

T s k nd C r st n ty d mp s z d

nd v du l s ul s subj ct ct ng n tr pl c d t w t t k nd nd v du ld n ty by subm rg ng m r rs l n t

s ul. T B ls v ks succ d d n RussI.S .R. b c us t y c nv nc d p rt n t t t r r v lut n ry m v m nt r pr ss cul r m ss ; t t s t y w r blt r ug pr p g nd nd t rr r sm ll tr s ntm nt r N tzsc n "v ng uln ssw ll g nst t r st cr cy nd t Ort dbur ucr cy w l t t s m t m m

d l gy t c mmun l s ul. T y w r

s mpl s t: Y u d r v y ur d ntt C urc r H ly M t r Russ but P rty.

T I .S.R. nv st g t rs ss rt d t t tt t d sp t t m st p ss m st c rt

nd s ll w rs t W st st ll w s d mJud C r st n cultur w c mp s zn ss nd s cr dn ss t nd v du l s ult t r m t I .S.R .'s st ndp nt t culturm nt n d t t t nd v du l t r ug

s r r r s n c uld d sc rn t D vunm d t d r l t ns p; t s m nt t t

c uld c ng t p ys c l u n v rs n t G d t t m nk nd c uld v d m n n s c mm nd d by t p n ng c pt rs

G n s s. T us nd v du ls n t Wpt m st c w v r bur d t s m g t b

l v d t t t d v n sp rk r s n nd w m n c uld s lv t pr bl ms c ng

m tt r w b g t s pr bl ms w r . T s t W st c uld n t v succ ss ul B lst n. And t us n 191 , Luk cs c uld wrc mpl nt "W w ll s v us r m W sz t n?

T I .S.R. 's p rt cul r c ntr but n t tpr ct c p st m d rn st H ll w s t r lrn cultur c uld b m n pul t d n suc

s l d struct. All t t s n cultur d t bt r ug n ct v t ry cr t c sm wt m n w cultur l rms d t b cr tw c w uld n t nl g t n n r upl t but w

xp s t tru d gr d t n l und r ct ls myt s m n t sm. T I.S.R

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Ni tz ch d H id gg r for b i g m r ly " ivory tow rp imi t . Wh t w d d w wh t Luk c c ll dth " bolitio of cultur w "cultur of p imi m

world i which th i di vidu l did ot b li v th t hor h could h v p r o l d ti y but o ly " d tinyof th commu ity i world th t h b b do dby God.

For forty v y r ft r 1922, th I.S.R. pu outth ory ft r th ory (coll ctiv ly k ow Critic l Thory) d ig d to forcibly r mov th joy th divi

p rk of r o for our ppr ci tio of rt lit r turd mu ic. Critic W lt r B j mi who i v ry popul r

o c mpu tod y took o th u tion of rti tic crtivity. Lik Ni tz ch d H id gg r B j mi d

hi coll gu w r d t rmi d to loc t th origiof philo ophy l wh r th i Pl to d hi t ch rSocr t .

B j mi dmitt d th t mo t p opl thi k th t Socrt i iti t d philo ophy by hi hypoth izi g th turof th phy ic l u iv r d ki g ucc iv ly high rhypoth to b tt r hi u d r t d i g. But thi i wro g

ccording to B j mi . Philo ophy b gi with th mt ri l obj ct ot th mi d. W y b ck i th primordi lp t m w co fro t d with th ob ct of phy ic lr lity; philo ophy b g with m ' mi g th obj ct . But owi g to th t "gr t vil hum progrm b c m tr g d or li t d from th obj c t of

tur . Cr tivity i m r ly th tt mpt by m to g tb ck to th t primordi l m or c of th obj ctp t th imp dim t of c pit li t oci ty. But cr tivityc v r b immort l or u iv r l i c it i b d o

th m ri l world th cr tiv ct mu t b p ci c llyr l t d to it poi t i hi tory; g i th hi toricity ofNi tz ch d H id gg r. Th cr t iv ct of Moz rtor Sh k p r c ot b k ow to y Moz rt orSh k p r u d r tood it t th ir poi t i hi tory buto ly w u d r t d it i our ow " li t d poi ti hi tory.

Th r for th r i o u iv r l hi tory; th r i nou iv r l truth; th r i o tur l l w. Th b t rt ith mod r p riod y B j mi c not b judg d byth bourg oi co c pt of good d v il. B j mi givth x mpl of th co ciou ly vil rt of th Fr ch

Symboli t d Surr li t : th ir " t ni m h c llit c ot b judg d b d b c u it xpo th f lmor lity of "c pit li t rt.

Anoth r Fr kfurt School id ologu Th odorAdor o him lf mu ici m d th m ly i omu ic. B thov y Ador o ctu lly y r d to writ

to l mu ic d thi i uppo dly how by hi chortructur ; how v r B thov imply did 't h v th

gut to br k with th oci l tructur of hi p riod

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which would ot h v cc pt d th volutch ng to to li m. Tod y' mu ic mu t bb c u to li m i ugly d o ly ugly muth truth bout th ugli of our ow mi

xi t c .Th purpo of rt id B n mi i to

p imi m d "[t o org iz p imi m moth r th n to xp l th mor l m t phor from polThu t h Fr kfurt School w ot ti d withth y tt mpt d to put thi o i to pr ct

ntir I titut (with th xc ptio of B nj mdi d in 9 1 o f lf dmi i t r d r ug ov rc mp d to Am ric Hitl r w comi g to pSpo or d by uch i titutio CBS Columv r ity th Am ric J wi h Committ dB' rith th F r k furt Schoo l b c m th domi ni ociologic l d commu ic tio th ory. It th conc pt of th " uthorit ri p r on lity

chol rly u ti c tio for it irr tio li m " uthorit ri yo who h d too high r gf mily tio or r o it lf. Th Fr kfurtCritic l Th ory i th b i for tod y' " t rti du try phr which th School coi d; th or tic l b i for tod y' t l vi io lm progr mmi g. I t i th b i of th public opinioth t h v b com th d t rmi i g f ctor of poliAm ric . t i th th or tic l b i upo which wh lmi g m jority of mod r rti t d comtod y c cr t ugly work d b pr i d byfor th ir " uth ticity.

Ador o umm riz d h i i t tio i n rticmu ic i 938: H id th t putti g Cl ic lcompo itio o th r dio w pot ti lly fuit forc d th mi d of th li t r to "f ti hiz th

itio r th r th u d r t d it. R th r th tpi c whol th li t r p r t i i to tho p rt th t t rt i d tho p rtu d r t d. "Th y li t tomi tic lly d wh t th y h r h wrot "but pr ci ly in thitio th y d v lop c rt i c p biliti which cwith th tr ditio l co c pt of th tic thfootb ll o motori g. Th y r ot childlik . . .but th y

r childi h ; th ir primitivi m i not th t of th u

op d but th t of th forcibly r t rd d. Nothi g bprimordi l tupidity pou d by Ni tz ch d gg r!

Know Your EnemyTh politic lly corr ct po t mod r i m outli di th ti l curriculum t ught o tod y' cIt pr cti tio r m y uibbl bout th d t il

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m y wi h o uppr h p r icul r quo which I hquo d bu y hi g b yo d hi cor philo ophy im r ly comm ry

hi i wh i b hi d ll h o bouDWEM . "Why r you forci g u o r d Hom rPl o d C r ? h r ll m l wri r who

h r como W r cul ur ; ll h y c wribou r h ir ow xp ri c d h ir ow lu .h y c y y hi g impor o wom or

Bl ck p r o or homo xu l You h o r d f m lu hor d Bl ck u hor d g y u hor for h

b c u w ll k ow m l lif i d limi d bym ri l i m ll w c y bou li f i how ou r diff r

i i c u l d g ic ruc ur wom m Bl ck homo xu l irr l wi h our xp ric d xi c ("D i ) m wom Bl ck or

homo xu l . I 1 967, Fr chm m d Rol d B r h fou d d

h li r ry h ory of "po ruc ur li mm b i g him lf compl ly o

i co ciou mul io of Ni z ch f mH id " h u hor i d d. H m bgo ll h w y d dmi h y impor

gur w o compl ly d rmi d by hid u co ciou i r c io wi h hi m

h o lk bou " h u hor i ob olh om p u hor h y hi g o y

i hop l ly i ; h word whichu d r fr igh d wi h h m i g imporuli g cl of h p ci c p riod o h

l r u p c b c u h y ub ly coppr io . hu i 1979, whil cc p i g prof or h ip i P ri B r h co clud d : f ci m

hi i h r o b hi d h chi g of mi y i ruc or od y h di logu h o

h "logoc ri m h d g rri b li f i h W r r di

word o co y d c d co c p b h l u of good d il .

W h ll r por of h xR i bow Curriculum i N w York: chih o b ugh ol r c for h lif yl h ic lif yl c ll d " lu cl ri c io i w

x "Excu m y h p rch om f mily lu om u i

of good d il ? h chool r po df c : "U i r l lu ? Ar you i ? Ar you r ligiou f ic ? h

r l ru h i h yphili ic NW ll cr our ow lum w ertun a er

erte I com o urpr i h Joh fou d r of mod r Am ric duch ory w public d commi d f

Fri drich Ni z chPo mod r i duc io l h or

m ch d by po mod r p ychologyp ci lly o h work of wo Fr ch p yly Mich l Fouc u l d J cqu Lc ul cr d whol chool of Nip ycho h r py whic id i uroco ic b w h wil l o pow r

mp o i ill "bourg oi mor

What a golden beak! Th s looks a b t l ke an a adem meet ng . . . .

Wh h ud of S ford Uch d "H y h y ho ho Wgo o go did h y r liz h h

w ri g y y r f r hk c f mou qu io "Who will W r ci iliz io ?

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TH EVILP I L O S P I Y B El N OLIT C L ORl CTN S

D e c o n s c t io m : The MetodIn t e a dn es

by WebsterG. Tarpley

A merica col ege a d u iversity campuses are i creasi gly crippled by aform of Qass ir ratio alism called Po liti

cal Correct ess. The purveyors of this doctri eproclaim that everythi g importa t i historyca be summed up u der th hea di gs of race,ge der, eth icity, a d choice of sexua perversio . hey co dem Wester Judeo Christiacivi izatio , a d i veigh agai st the Dead White

Europea Males who predomi ate amo g thescie tists of the last six hu dred years.True to the spirit of Herbert Marcuse's 1 968

essay o "Repressive Tolera ce, the PoliticallyCorrect dema d the sile ci g of a y speech that

Might not the pupil know more? One cannot say whether heknows more or less . . . .

might be o fe sive to themselve s a d t eir radical femi-ist, homosexual, or eth ic group clie teles. Mea while,

they busy themselves with coi i g absurd euphemismsfor plai E glish, fashio i g labyri ths of peda tic circumlocutio .

It eeds to be appreciated that the P . creed is cohere t with a obscura tist philosophical doctri e which is

the rage i academia today: amely, deco structio ism.The leadi g expositor of the deconstructio ist creedis a Fre ch writer amed Jacques Derrida, a professorat the School of Higher Studies i Socia Scie ces iParis. Si ce his appeara ce at a celebrated co fere ce atJoh s Hopki s U iversity i 1966, Derrida has bee a

reque t guest professor a d lecturer at ma y Amer icau iversities. Although Derrida is ot a house o d word,he is the domi a t academic philosopher i the world

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today. Iro ica y, his support a d readership is ri the U ited States tha i Fra ce or a y other couAmerica higher educatio is ow decisively i ueby De rrida' s deco str uctio ism, a patchwork of frame ts scave ged from the twe tieth ce tury ideologju kyard of totalitaria moveme ts.

Deconstructio ists are radical omi alists, wh

mea s they are virtual para oid schizophre ics. Boare led with the humorless politically correct Nspeak of post moder ism: "vertically challe ged iof "short, "di f ere t ly hirs ute i stead o "bald, etcha gi g words does othi g to cha ge real situatiote s of millio s are u employed a d starvi g i toddepressio , the they eed jobs a d eco omic recova d ot terms like "mome tarily dow sized or ot

ew ways to euphemistica ly express their plight.

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errida the econstructionistJ cqu s D rrid w s born to S ph rdic f mily in ElBi r Alg ri in 1930. H b g n writing in th rly1960's nd his rst import nt booksr t ng and D erence D sse nat nsnd ra at l c m out in1967 68. D rrid 's xist nti l m trix is th M y 1968d st biliz tion of G n. Ch rl s d G ull 's go rnm nt .

This int ll ctu l mili u w s domin t d in th 19 0'sby th xist nti lism of J n P ul S rtr nd M uricM rl u Ponty nd in th 1 960's by th structur lism ofCl ud L i Str uss (whos n tworks sp wn d much ofth t rrorism pl guing Ib ro Am ric ) nd th Fr udi nism of J cqu s L c n spic d by th H g li nism ofJ n Hyppolit . During th l t 1 960's D rrid w s builtup by th group round th m g zinel Quel includingon F lix Gu tt ri l t r n pologist for th R d Brig d s t rrorists.

D rrid 's imm di t c d mic lin g t th litHigh r Norm l School illustr t s his int ll ctu l p di

gr . St rt with Louis Althuss r th structur list M rxistof ead ng Das Ka talAlr dy in th l t 1 9 0's Althuss r w s suff ring fr qu nt m nt l br kdowns ; in 1 980h murd r d his own wif by str ngling h r nd w scommitt d to n sylum for th crimin ll y ins n . In thl t 1 9 0's Althuss r cquir d discipl : this w s Mich lFouc ult young homos xu l who m d such p riodic lly borti tt mpts t suicid th t h w s llow d toli in th school's in rm ry. Fouc ult n nthusi sticr d r of Fri drich Ni tzsch nd M rtin H id gg rb c m und r Althuss r's in u nc M rxist nd m mb r of th Fr nch Communist P rty wh r h w s

rumor d to work s ghost writ r for J n K n p St linist m mb r of th Politbur u. L t r Fouc ultwould disco r th m s lik th glori c tion of ins nitylib r tion through m sturb tion nd th lik . Fouc ult

nd d up t B rk l y wh r h fr qu nt d th ch insl th r riding crop homos xu l nd s do m sochisticsc n . H di d of AIDS in 198 .

But Fouc ult lso h d discipl : J cqu s D rridwho took his cours t th High r Norm l School: "Iw s struck lik m ny oth rs by his sp king bility. His

loqu nc uthority nd brilli nc w r impr ssis id D rrid l t r of his m ntor. D rrid w s t k n by

Fouc ult to th psychi tric hospit l of St. Ann to h rp ti nts x min d. D rrid h s b n l ss of politic lxhibitionist th n Fouc ult. D rrid w s r r st d by th

Communist uthoriti s in Pr gu Cz choslo ki in19 81 on ch rg s of drug tr f cking ; h s id th t h h dcom to m t dissid nts nd w s r l s d ft r prot sts.

Fouc ult nd his pupil D rrid qu rr l d during th1970's nd Fouc ult h s pro id d som tr nch nt summ tions of D rrid 's work which h rightly c ll d ob

scur ntist b c us D rrid d lib r t ly writ scompr h ns ibl w y. Fouc ult s id of D rridth kind of philosoph r who gi s bull shit b d

Th ose who try to read Derrida nd a smokescreenofinfuriating jargon. What is Derrida up to behind the smokescreen? His task at one level is simply to destroythe literate languages of Western Europe, with theirde eloped capacity to transmit ad anced conceptions.

Derrida also knows that in order tode stroy the ef cacyof these languages, he must also destroythe heritage ofPl to.

For this op r tion D rrid proc ds in th sn ultr Aristot li n r dic l nomin lism which ny r l tion b tw n l ngu g on th on h

conc pts nd r lity on th oth r. Such n oulw ys clos ly link d with p r noid schizophr

t l p thologi s. Th op r tion is f r from n wb n tt mpt d m ny tim s during th c nturirid is lik D id Hum who b g n with th"Nothing is in th int ll ct th t w s not rst

s ns s nd soon nd d up d nying th possiblof truth th world c us lity knowl dg nBut D rrid 's irr tion lism h s mor ir th

of his plodding f ction l d rs ri s in th oldAm ric n linguistic n lysis schools. Wh n D r

young boy h w s lock d by his sist r in cin th f mily hom nd k pt th r by h r fos m d to him to b n t rnity. During this tichild D rrid thought th t h h d di d nd go

noth r world. Aft r h h d b n r scu d from thch st h som how conc i d th id th t hc str t d. H c m to s hims lf s th Egypti

god Osiris who h d di d nd b n dism mb rth n r ss mbl d nd brou ht b ck from th dnus his m l org n) by Isis. D rrid told his Pd nts of th rly 1 970's th t this d cisi xphis lif h d l d him to writ th bookD sse natwhich includ s much l bor tion of th th m oth t is sc tt r d. D rrid f lt comp ll d to nIsis Osiris Horus myth in d t il in th ch pt r oD sse

nat nntitl d "Pl to's Ph rm cy which is ot docum nt of his h tr d for both Socr t s nd D rrid w s much in u nc d by th Fr nch

Emm nu l L in s who h lp d to dir ct D rr

t ntion to H idigg r who w s lso profoundly ining Fr nch thought i S rtr . Just s H id ggcomm nt tor on th proto f scist Ni ztsch soc n b s n s comm nt tor on th N zi HD rrid 's ndors m nt of H id gg r is indstrong: "I m int in . . .th t H id gg r's t xt is of xtimport nc th t it constitut s n unpr c d nt

rsibl d nc nd th t w r still ry h ing xploit d ll its critic l r sourc s.

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Sla te 'T yran y of R on'D w wi (w ow o o o p

o p w po oo o o [SEEp

5 D o ow o'ot o o o os o p

o o o o o Do o o o o o D

o o o o o o o p o

D o oow o o p o o

o p o o ooo (L F t u V t [ Th F to o T uth

o o o o o o

to o owp o o

p

Decons uc on s Des uc ionK w o I o o and Utopia 929)

o t o p o o tD st uktiono d i vg d o o w o w hKant and th Prob m of M t physi sof d fo " o p o o o o to o y whot k wo to h t od v lop t o o j o

Th e Naz He egger's o o o D struktion is t e m e a e s ar g po or Derr a a d h s ent re

school. In e rst pub s e e t o ofD a grammato o-gie (O G ramm tolo ) pu l s ed n Par s n 1967, Der -

dadoes o alk a o " eco s c on atheabout "desruct on roughou . Derr d says that in

decons ruc o, " e ask s . .. to d s a t e[d o nstruire]the me ap s al a r e or al s ruc ures w c are awork . . . not orer to rejec or is ard hem, but to re nscr bet e a o erway (M rg s d la phi losop hie

Margins of Philosophy .W h d o t o

fo m o o o to d t miwh t to t o D w t t t oof o t o o o ogos, wh h h

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d t th t l poi t of th J dph o ophi t di o (Th G k o dl g sc m

o b t o l f o o d i g pa o d di o g m t d p ctio i h t th d co t tio i t att cth y i g i t "W t m t phy i

e " at na t ut pe ap t at a an ne ea n t at appea a t entence c e n a t n

en a e an a ca e , n n e l g s u t e , t nau u ate t e e t uct

e t n ut t e e e entat n, t et uct n, a t e n cat n t at

u ce n t at t el g s a t cu a t e nt n truth A t e etap ca ete natt ut , an e en t e ne e n etap cat e t at He e e e n u a

e e ate n epa a e t e nl g s a ea n t u t t n t e nea

l g s n ate e en e t un e t S c at c t e p p ca en e, n n n te un e tan n n t e ant

ca en e, n t e p e He e an t e en e.(Of Grammat l gy

ow th thl g s b d t oy d? idt pt to o pl h th y my ti y g thh v g to do w th g g

Fo D d g t m o ogy th tf o th l g t di d d S

t th m o " g d " g i :

e e ence et een n an n e a p un an p c t a t t e t ta

eat ep c c e e t e t ean n a e e p c t an e te at ca

ate a t t e na e ep c tt n an n n t en t e e app p

e u ce ee c nceptua t . ap e ent a an e uc e ne cann t

c ent c t ut . . . t ut a n nt eta p c t e ca t .(Of Grammat l gy

oth wo d Pl to Ch i ti ity od d th t i th my

l id t by d t oy i g l g g Th i" g it h fo m of Plato i m

ti t phy i

Exal ing W ing ove SpeechD d t t t h W t l g gt i t t th y d o o i th

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thi g s, y D id , th o igi l d ti l li kto th h n o d] h v b b ok . I oth

o d , h m o d h m p ch i t ic blybo d p tog th . Th co ctio of p ch d oi th o g izi g p i cip of Pl to di log d o f llth lit t b d o th m, th o gh St. A g ti toth It li R i c . Th th t of M lo , Sh k

p , d Schi p t co ti tio of thit ditio i lightly diff t fo m, hil k oth t th cl ic l po t y of om , D t , d Ch c

m t to b pok o g lo d. If th co th p p to p c ll thi , co o l c lt ld m g o d of co b th t.

W t g g i th fo ot o y logoc t ic,b t l oh n entr :th t i to y, W t l g g

cog iz th p im cy of th pok l g g ov thitt l g g . D id obvio ly c ot d y th t

pok g g c m t. B t h i h ll b t od ci g v ythi g to iti g d t t th o ly

d t th i divid l g t f om th o ld.I o d to tt ck thg s d o th o gh th

Neither more nor less.He is quite right to have his portraitpainted. . . .

pok o d, D id t g i t th m hiiti g: ' r tureD id pl i th t h t h

by iti g i t t dy! itt , bl ck(D sse n t n)Th , D id tt mpt to t bo tologic l p io ity of iti g ov g g

othi g i th y of p oof i off d i f vob d id : th g m t p oc d th o gh

d d by l m ly hi ti g th t th comp t ill l o h lp d c ll pok o d to bl

o th p g .Thi i D id ' p do ci c c

m to ogy, hich t di th m k g mmp p . E chgr g ph m ) c b dlm t d po . o D id , th b ck m k op p th o y ity, h v y di

r t : Th i p opo itio of thi th t th i othi g o t id th t t.

D id t iti g ov p ch, b t pho oc t ic W t thi ki g f to go

him. D id di ct hi g g i t Pl to t cti g th di logh e rus Th lt i th

Pl to' Ph m cy, hich pp iD ssen t nThi i cl ic l D id obfpl yi g o th m tipl m i g of th

o d h r n, hich c m v io lyo , m dy, m gic potio , o m dici

d of m i g v mo comSoc t , t th b gi i g of th di loco t th to y of th ymph O ithy

p yi g ith th ymph Ph m k iO ithy blo ov c iff by Bo

o th i d . Ph m k i h f ith h li g fo t i . Ph d hom i tt t t fo Soc t to d

comp d to d gh r n) hich hd Soc t to v Ath i o

ith him d th t t . A thh li g d g o poi o ? Soc t f b of th Egypti god Th th, M y g ho h d i v t d coom t y, t o omy, dic , d tt fo iti g. Th th t to h ll t

ith th p opl of Egypt, o h go to A

R Th m ) d off th m to him.R j ct th l tt , pl i i g th t

k m mo y d m k v i bpp c d p mptio of k oot t k o dg . D id plodg i t Soc t d Pl to: O b g

p ti g itho t k o i g th o gh mythth d itio of iti g: p ti g k o i g . . . . O c th myth h d lt th

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b o th g so So t i l u h th u d.(D sse t ) th p o d to ob iv -

ou ti o th i O i i to y. D id l o m kmu h o th t th t thou h P to i ud to So t h r eus(poi o m di i m o -

) h do ot o i t omh r h r-eus to h r s,m i p o t. Th id i

th t So t y b m p o t t hi t i hiP to i m ki p o t o " iti . Th o u ioi th t "th h r i ith th u o th poi o

ith ood o vi ith th i id o th out idit p h o iti( s t s)Th ou h hid-

d p tt o mbi uiti th t t i dditio to yih t P to mi ht h v m t o y h t P to -ot h v m t.The gue thus ec structe s h e-ess y c tr ct ss e t ter ret r c strue

Q.E.D.!Ni tz h h d d him P to i v d h di d i t "So t h ho do ot it . D id

tt k P to i oth i t mi b bookThe stC r r cr tes t reu Bey o thibook i m d up o i o i d y di o i t d t mo o iou tt th t vo v ou d po t dD id y h ou d t th Bod i Lib y t O o d.Th po t d d pi t mi i tu om o d m u ip t

ho i So t t d t d k iti ith m

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Paradoxes

Th ow i mom t o y o t u tio i thmoment o aporia or i s ol ble con ict iscovere

ithi th iti . o t i tio i th ery easy to fn , o course: or, as G6 el's proo

s ows, no ormal s ystem can ever be complete, voi ot i tio t th m tim . Ev

i ividu o h v o t di to y m i po t h v y k o .

The chop-logic Zeno made ap oria into hi tockin tra e, proving, for exa ple, that time is and isnot, and so orth. Zeno's para oxes ga e riseto an

ti hoo o kpti i m th po ti .Whenever a econstructionist c arlatan reads abook or article, he can alway be ure to fn apo iaand then pronounce the text deconstructe . Thesoli groun o truth an meaning thus suppose lyalls out rom un er Plato an is ollowers, an

the Western worl su e ly fn s itsel suspen e ov th by o h o iium. Thi i th

by u d by D id i i di ho ty m vo .

P to b hi d him pp i to D id "ditho it i m t y imp iou . Upo

id tu y t i d: " y km i d ik th tiv o photo ph

op d o t ty v tu i i m o oud d o p o b bb i o o yD id d i to it th hi to y o

u i th t t po ib tt ti o o" D]o t o t th t o thi took o om k thi pi tu th ov o book b k i to it m i th tit my m thpub i h d mi i tu iz d ( m i dcr tesph u . Oth y i thi book vok F

omp i o o th hum p y h to "my tp d oth y o u d mi i thg s

Call it Fascism, or DeconstructioniOth th bbi do d h i d

d ov m t t h t i th poi t?i to d t oy ivi iz tio .A o i ty th t ubmit

utu d to du tio t th h d otio i t o ti t ot u viv . R i o th u i p io o D id d hi

d mi thou h th y m y m. D id

a o a u a d atu tab o d o u u

a e e be o d e o u e o ou u e a o b a a ed e

ab o u e d e . a b at o u ed o a a d a o

edrese ted,

a a o o mo o .(Of Gr -t logy

D id it h o

a e u amab e o ai a do o a e e a e e

e o o u d e e e o e o m mu e a d t i

o o .(Writi g d ere ce

Th o d po h i di d o m oivi o hi h do ot v h v o

it i b d i t . O md th ivi h o d o t u tio i

But D id u hi oho t o d i th t th y ot ook b k ith o t i

o d o W t ivi iz tio th y dbu y. L t u t h y ik Ni tz h

ho

au e e b ea ou o a d a e o o e ave o o e e

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re urn u an s an re an un u e a e e r " e n e a

s s f e e r a r e uar e sense e n r e r e use

an e ru e n . e an eu s e e use aaktive Vergessli h

keit a a e r e u ness(oublian ean a ruerausam eas s

s en n eGenealogy of Moralsu e s e a e u n an a e re u ness(oublian e e n

u n a e a e e a s a r e e er as r e .(Marges de

f philosophie [Margins of Philosophy]

An Admirer of ArtaudHow D r a m ght b found l brat ngISsugg st d by h s ab d ng nt r st n th w lknown Fr n h ultural d g n rat Anton nArtau to whom D rr a has at d a

gr at al of adm r ng att nt on ov r th y arsArtaud was y t anoth r profoun ly sturbp rsonal ty who was r p at d y omm tt d tom ntal nst tut ons wh r h sp nt th y arsfr m 1937 t 19 6 approx mat ly th last de

a of h s l f an who s known for h s"th atr of ru ltyr t n and D erence onta ns not on but two ssays on Artau "ThWh sp r d Wor an "Th Th at r of Cru

lty an th Closur of R pr s ntat on D rr d a s also a o tor w th Paul Th v n n ofa oll t on of Artaud's sk t h s an portra ts

ubl sh w th full olor plat s n 1986. Toth s olum D rr da has ontr but an essay

And so was his grandfather. This poor an mal has been d ven m

by Genealogists

Artau 's draw ngs and pa nt ngs ar path tc an s ck,ut D rr da ob ously tak s th m vry s r ously. Artauust rank as an nu nc of th v ry rstmagn tud

u n ur h oso h r L tus sam "Te W s red Word for satan c, pornograph c, and coprop l ac mo-t fs Weak stomachs should sk pth s passag D rr dawr t s:

e us n e e a ne ere a ss e rese an e e essen e e se e rea a e

u eren e. e us as ra er a eren e

n e es ean r Ar au . as e n s en fr e effrac n. e Oer,e e e rea ur e ne as a r er na e

o . s s r as a en a e. as s n a e.e a e e ra n an e n e en n f

an r e e r e r e r e e ea n a er a s re er as e r

n " e e us s r e e ur e/ s

e n n s e s r e /

pursued an n ) ne/ an r er rs an e rn r e e

/ an / as rn r u e se / e e a e e/ n

ass se as e . . . . s us e r er na e a

r es us ur n na ure ur n rquen e a a s a e s en e re s . . . .

n an e en e e ur e es nreates n e u s e su e oeuvresan aneu ers

s e e e r s er e un er en us e usur er e s e ar s ar sana e n e e n

a an a an s a an . . . .e s r s us e s r

en . a se. . . ." r ne us a e a n r er/ s apure ann s

s s/ s e ue n s/ ur us es ea s e n r r u a

ann e s . ne an rea Nerve S ales" ear

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r e d W t yo took to be y ork ere o yy te tter ke e re e t ke t e t rd

o e k o et or o t een t e orkshou t d r t(Writing an

erence

The 'Ne Criticism't r D d 9 pp t o op d

o tr t o t to o o U S r ty

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Imposed MeanS t w t t

t t o topo o p w t t

ts mp an act of fo ceo t N t

t t t o w po tto t ow t p t

pr to op t w p

w t w d o t o t p p o t pp r

t o t pt p w o o t t o

t pp t t t r tt rtoo o

o t t t

o t w t D or t o d o p p o o t d

tr t t o t o o D t o p oppo t

o w p o op o t t d(Ma ns ofPh osoph ) t t w o t

o t o two t o trot e o t o p o po t o To d o

tr t t ppo o t to o rt row ter r " (Posit ions) o d t d t r

r t p p top o ro t d t

p w j o to t w top t o p o

o o t wo o d t t to wo to o

t r o p o t p r p w o o o

p o t

t T y d d ot d p oy t r t pp o op y t t r r r

r Ro e d o p r td p rt e t T E d rt t

t do t d t o e d y oot d ed t e N w r t T e

e t o t r t to de

tr t oSo o t N w t t d t e o de t e

r t w o ped Y U r tyE d rt t t d e

o tr t o t d r t t 19 0 1988 o r t r d t d

d o wr tte o or t ot S t rt or t eLe So

o r e tw 941 d 1943 D rrot r d o t t o t d Geor d to d e t r or r o e

t o r t r ed yt o D d o wr tt

t y o b e to e y e er e e e t t eo y t

d a e r e e t d t ne er de de o e o t e t o o b t eo e e de o ke t o b e tob e ke t o r e .(Allegories of Rea ing

ter t o e d er t e p t o o D rr d ow wo

p t y ord r to d d o t r t o

w r d o r t t ot o ey t o w t t d o t t o t re tt ptt r t r do D r d

po T r t d d t do wo d b t t ry o t w e E r e or to r w D rr d

E ro w e t d r d D rr d r p t d

o d d t d t t E rop t o t t t t ot r o t o t e E rop

T e o d t t t w t to o bo to b to o t r t ot t

d t e o t r do t o t r t T w r t o t w e o p tt tr d to to t d rt t ot p d d r t t or t o rDerr d r w tt t t or pr t d to r or d t r

to p w D o tr t ot d d y to o t d p t d o

t t t tw t t t y