Derrida’s deconstruction of authority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11340569 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stanley Newman (0000-0003-2519-3104, Macquarie University, corresponding author), Saul Newman (0000-0001-9841-1518, Macquarie University) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy & Social Criticism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-4537 • E-ISSN: 1461-734X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/019145370102700301 |
| OpenAlex | W2154151505 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
This article explores the political aspect of Derrida’s work, in particular his critique of authority. Derrida employs a series of strategies to expose the antagonisms within Western philosophy, whose structures of presence provide a rational and essentialist foundation for political institutions. Therefore, Derrida’s interrogation of the universalist claims of philosophy may be applied to the pretensions of political authority. Moreover, I argue that Derrida’s deconstruction of the two paths of ‘reading’ - inversion and subversion - may be applied to the question of revolutionary politics, to show that revolution often culminates in the reaffirmation of authority. Derrida navigates a path between these two strategies, allowing one to formulate philosophical and political strategies that work at the limits of discourse, thereby pointing to an outside. This outside, I argue, is crucial to radical politics because it unmasks the violence and illegitimacy of institutions and laws
Deconstruction (building · Epistemology · Essentialism · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subversion · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
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| Citations per year | 0.62 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |