29 06, 2009

Ph.D thesis

By |2017-12-05T02:32:57+02:00June 29th, 2009|philosophy, research|0 Comments

The main purpose of this thesis is to explore the theoretical and methodological approaches that are involved in understanding how to achieve interaction, communication and collaboration in socio-technical contexts. Hence this thesis seeks for a systemic, ontological framework for understanding and approaching interaction, communication and collaboration processes, which is able to describe the ways we organise in networked societal groups or contexts of interactive participation, within a context of psychological, social, and material relations. Modestos Stavrakis PhD

12 04, 2009

derrida today – deconstruction and science

By |2016-01-12T21:10:27+02:00April 12th, 2009|conferences/workshops, events, philosophy|4 Comments

The journal Derrida Today announced a special issue on “Deconstruction and Science” Important Dates: 30 June 2009: Deadline for submission of 300-word abstract 30 November 2009: Deadline for submission of paper (no more than 6000 words) All submissions should be prepared for blind review and emailed to: DTJEditors@scmp.mq.edu.au with the title “”Deconstruction and Science”” as the subject title of the email. Co-edited by: Nicole Anderson Critical and Cultural Studies Department Macquarie University, Australia General Editor, Derrida Today H. Peter Steeves Professor of Philosophy DePaul University, Chicago Special Issue Topic In this special issue of Derrida Today, the editors wish to address the question of the meeting of deconstruction and science, the latter broadly defined. Since the 1960s and ‘70s, poststructuralist thought has garnered a reputation for being at odds with science and the Enlightenment worldview upon which modern science is based. This is understandable if for no other reason than the fact [...]

10 11, 2008

Radical Atheism: Derrida and the Time of Life

By |2016-01-12T21:10:51+02:00November 10th, 2008|philosophy, politics|0 Comments

Radical Atheism: Derrida and the Time of Life (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics), Martin Hagglund "It is a masterful performance and one cannot help but be convinced in the end... Radical Atheism is a brilliant and most original work that is certain to be read, argued with, commented on, and frequently cited. It carves out a way of reading and interpreting Derrida—indeed all of Derrida, from early to late works—that every reader of Derrida will have to reckon with." Michael Naas, DePaul University "Impeccably argued, Radical Atheism is bound to have a significant impact on Derrida scholarship. By developing the logic of survival, Hägglund convincingly demonstrates that Derrida is essentially a philosopher of life, but of the only life there is—the life of finite beings—and hence a radical thinker of temporality. It is a very courageous book as well that critically takes issue with the negative theologians' appropriation of Derrida and makes [...]

10 08, 2008

διαφωρές (απο)δόμησης

By |2016-01-12T21:11:04+02:00August 10th, 2008|philosophy|1 Comment

Εν δυνάμει, μπορούν να υπάρξουν/κατασκευαστούν πολλών ειδών διαφορές : καλό - κακό, άσπρο - μαύρο, αριστερό - δεξιό, νέο - παλαιό, πραγματικό - μεταφυσικό, υποτακτικό - ανυπότακτο, εδώ - εκεί, ναι - όχι ... ίσως μια πιο "ουσιαστική διαφωρά" να είναι αυτή ανάμεσα σε αυτούς που εστιάζουν στις διαφορές καθαυτές και δρουν βάσει του πλαισίου τους και σε αυτούς που βλέπουν τις εκάστοτε αναδυόμενες διαφωρές ως έναυσμα για αναλυτική προς την φύση αυτών δράση. Θα μπορούσε όμως αυτό το παιχνίδι των διαφωρών να είναι οντολογικά ατελείωτο; Το πιθανότερο είναι να μας οδηγήσει σε μια ατέρμονη ενέλιξη, μια ιδεολογική υποτροπή, του τύπου του ακραίου μετα-στρουκτουραλισμού, η οποία στην προσπάθεια της να στηριχθεί κάπου, να ορίσει την γλώσσα της, την καταστρέφει αδιάκοπα χωρίς να αφήσει κανένα ίχνος πίσω της. Η (απο)δομητική σκέψη όμως δεν ορίζεται βάσει της υπερίσχυσης της υποτροπής έναντι της της υπέρβασης και της εγγραφής όπως αναφέρεται σε διάφορες ερμηνείες [...]

14 12, 2007

deconstructive argumentation

By |2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00December 14th, 2007|philosophy, politics|1 Comment

... First of all, the question of argumentation. We are here in order to discuss, and in order to exchange arguments as clear, univocal and communicable as possible. On the other hand, the question that is often raised on the subject of deconstruction is that of argumentation. I am reproached-deconstructionists are reproached-with not arguing or not liking argumentation, etc., etc. This is obviously a defamation. But this defamation derives from the fact that there is argumentation and argumentation, and this is often because in contexts of discussion like the present one where the prepositional form, a certain type of prepositional form, governs, and where a certain type of micrology is necessarily effaced, where the attention to language is necessarily reduced, argumentation is clearly essential. And what interests me, obviously, are other protocols, other argumentative situations where one does not renounce argumentation simply because one refuses to discuss under certain conditions. [...]

3 11, 2007

decon

By |2016-01-12T21:11:55+02:00November 3rd, 2007|philosophy|0 Comments

"Derrida's name is most closely associated with the often cited but rarely understood term "deconstruction." When responsibly understood, the implications of deconstruction are quite different from the misleading clichés often used to describe a process of dismantling or taking things apart." The real meaning of deconstruction. M.Taylor, 2004 Deconstruction departs from a refusal of authority; a negative response to any authority or determining power of identity. Deconstruction is not a method or a practice that can be applied to deconstruct an idea or an artifact. If something is deconstructible, it is already deconstructible; always already deconstructible. Deconstruction consists of anything would be to say it consists of deconstruction, dislocating, displacing, disarticulating, disjoining, putting “out of joint” the authority of the “is”. The same applies for deconstruction “itself”. Deconstruction is not reducible to an essential feature, task or style. Like any word, idea or meaning, deconstruction “acquires its value from its [...]

7 09, 2007

films about derrida

By |2016-01-12T21:11:57+02:00September 7th, 2007|philosophy|0 Comments

Derrida (directed by Kirby Dick and Jil Kofman, 2002) Here is the movie's homepage [>>] "An odd portrait of Jacques Derrida, one of the most polemical and influential theorists of the end of the 20th century. The filmmakers 'deconstruct' the French thinker's private and professional life, in an attempt to capture the processes of an inquisitive and iconoclastic mind which has greatly influenced our way of understanding the limits of language." Festival review I consider this documentary slightly limited. In my oponion it is so very structured and set that fails to capture the Derridian "spirit". It is worth viewing though, as it is one of the very few "captures" of Derrida on video. (he systematically refused to be on tv and video) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7347615341871798222&q New York Remembers Derrida (2005?) A tribute to the French philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) hosted by NYU's Center for French Civilization and Culture, the Department [...]

3 11, 2005

Ο «αχώνευτος» Ντερριντά

By |2008-11-23T17:28:53+02:00November 3rd, 2005|philosophy, politics|1 Comment

Σύμφωνα με την ντερριντιανή λογική της διαφοράς, άνδρας δεν είναι αυτός που αντιπαρατίθεται στη γυναίκα αλλά εκείνος που φέρει τον ανδρισμό του όπως μια γυναίκα τη μάσκα της ΔΙΟΝΥΣΗΣ ΚΑΒΒΑΘΑΣ Η διάλεξη Εμβολα - Τα ύφη του Νίτσε εκφωνήθηκε από τον J. Derrida στο ιστορικό συμπόσιο του Cerisy (1972) με τον ερωτηματικό τίτλο Ο Νίτσε σήμερα; Στη διάλεξή του ο Ντερριντά, αποτίοντας φόρο τιμής στην Kofman και στους Rey, Lacoue-Labarthe και Pautrat, κάνει λόγο για τη διάνοιξη μιας νέας φάσης στη διαδικασία της «αποδομητικής» ερμηνείας. Τη νέα αυτή πρακτική ανάγνωσης και επαναγραφής των κειμένων ο Ντερριντά την αποκαλεί ενεργητική και «καταφατική ερμηνεία». Τι θα ήταν όμως μια παθητική ή αρνητική ερμηνεία; Σύμφωνα με μια πρώτη και επιφανειακή ανάγνωση του ντερριντιανού κειμένου, πρόκειται μάλλον για εκείνη τη χαϊντεγκεριανή προ-κριτική θεωρία του νοήματος και της αλήθειας, η οποία υποδέχεται και προσλαμβάνει ως ήδη προαποφασισμένη τη δυνατότητα μιας αρχέγονης δωρεάς. Στην περίπτωση αυτή [...]

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