Derrida
Philosophy or literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156523 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bert Olivier (0000-0002-3138-1948, Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 151-164 |
| Publication date | 1994-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564719408530073 |
| OpenAlex | W2079749323 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
The present article focuses on the question whether, as Habermas claims, Jacques Derrida collapses the genre distinction between philosophy and literature by means of the (alleged) levelling effect of his notion of textuality. More specifically, Habermas accuses Derrida of failing to respect the normative demands of argumentation that characterize philosophical, as opposed to literary‐expressive language, with the result that his deconstructive discourse is reduced to literature. According to Habermas, the price that Derrida has to pay in the process is the problem‐solving, consensus‐promoting capacity of philosophy. By way of a careful examination of relevant passages from Derrida's as well as from Habermas's work, and with the help of Norris's critical commentary on Habermas's reception of Derrida, it is demonstrated that the latter's literary style of writing is combined with a degree of argumentative rigour which places its philosophical significance above suspicion
Argumentation theory · Argumentative · Critical theory · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphysics · Normative · Philosophy of language · Rigour · Sociology · Textuality · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |