Understanding Derrida, Deconstruction & Of Grammatology

20 thoughts on “Understanding Derrida, Deconstruction & Of Grammatology”

1. I wouldn't comment on a video if I wouldn't notice the distinct lack of comments, while being a big fan of the channel. I love what you do and your videos are really good at explaining philosophical concepts over a relaxing tune playing, helping me stay focused. I believe you touch just the right topics that other thoughtful youtube channels haven't tapped into yet.
   Take it as a compliment: Then & Now is what The School of Life should be.

2. watch out for a united states coup in venezuela folks

3. This is quite good!

4. Ferdinand de Saussure's ideas about language seem very similar to those espoused by John Stuart Mill in A System of Logic.

5. I love how all these videos that seek to sell poison as tonic always have the mellow speaker, ether british or north california accent, high pitched beta herbivore, reeking of soy. Post modernism, post structuralism is pure logic poison. Akin to a divide by zero, error in a computer this thinking prevents you from perceiving reality for what it is, locks up your ability to develop, cultivates resentment , what Nietzsche referred to as slave mentality. It does look like it eventually wears off if you actually deal with the real world, but for those that can live out their miserable, non productive exstances, in academia, they are unfortunately able to thrive and continue to infect

6. Deconstructionism is a bad critique because it too often overlooks the reality of outside proof leading to an ideology or institution being empowered or discredited. A person can be completely consistent within their framework but wrong about it's foundation in reality, just as well as someone can be right about the fact of reality and wrong in their conclusions. All the deconstructionist arguments necessarily boil down to: "This is hypocritical" and their argument always assumes the same context of a proposed idea or institution: that the stated goals, beliefs, and proofs are the sole evidence for their benefit. This critique disregards observed reality by its very nature.

7. High quality

8. very good. A lot of info was packed into this short video, which I listened to 3 times. Will share.

9. The soothing music really made this video a joy to watch, thank you!

10. Decline of science caused by decadence. Utter nonsense.

11. Hey check out Grover Furr before you trash Stalin

12. I don't like Derrida, but I can see where he came from and why his thoughts have its power. You did a really good job.
    Still, I do not agree with everything he said.

13. Currently writing a thesis on Derrida, and his theory— your video does a great job explaining Derrida’s philosophy, and I couldn’t agree more with your stance on archi-writing, as one who has already read grammatology— this video serves as a wonderful introductory step for those who are either curious about deconstruction, or literary criticism as a whole! Wonderful video. 🙂

14. Wonderful video and channel!

15. 12:16 There is no neccessary reason why speech must have the potential to do which it cannot do.

16. Hi there, after studying Lacan for 3 days next on my list is Derrida's of grammatology. I really liked this video. Do you happen to have the script? If you do, could you post it on patreon? I'm not sure if it's already there and I might just happen to cannot find it because of my inherent inability for research! Thanks for your efforts and also I'd love a video on Bakhtin and his "Epic and Novel" Anything on literary theory and linguistics would be superb!

17. "there is no truth"
    "there is no way of determining the meaning of language"
    goes on to say things in language as though you should believe them to be true
    The whole exercise is idiotic.

18. If anyone wants to know more about what Derrida means by a sign / trace, definitely check out some Levinas!

19. WELL DONE.

20. Can u do a video on Hannah Arendt?

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