Donare il tempo. La moneta falsa

every / gift is erotic. The pleasure of giving / is a sexual pleasure. - Sharon Olds My buddy Alec pointed me to a passage in Sedgwick’s A Dialog on Love where she identifies a “post-Proustian” kind of love--a circle of lovers small enough that you eventually get back “all of the / erotic energy you’ Leggi tutto

Найбільш легка для сприйняття книга Дерріди. В основі тексту є спроба осмислити природу, специфіку і суперечність часу завдяки методу деконструкції (хоча конкретного і покрокового використання/апробування цього методу не знайдемо ні в Дерріди, ні в його послідовників). Варто нагадати, що це філософс Leggi tutto

A SERIES OF LECTURES DEVOTED TO “THE QUESTION OF THE GIFT”… Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) was a French philosopher and writer, best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as “Deconstruction.” He wrote in the Foreword to this 1991 book, “this work follows a trajectory the corresponds fait Leggi tutto

In his book Given Time: Counterfeit Money (1994), Jacques Derrida tries to challenge the idea of ‘gift’ and its position within the common economic system, namely capitalism. Derrida seems to be influenced by many philosophers such as Hegel and Marx. There is no doubt that Derrida had read Marx’s wo Leggi tutto

Though I balked five pages into "Grammatology" this was much more readable. Need to be somewhat familiar with "The Gift" by Marcel Mauss. Also need to be willing to really stop and think about the wordplay - present, serpent (Ouroboros), give, gift (which means poison in some languages)... it's all

I really did like it, I think it was just too much for me at the time. That being said, it really is incredible stuff, and Derrida is an incredible, unparalleled thinker.