Media, Information and Technoculture 2200F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Jacques Derrida, Binary Opposition, Deconstruction

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 2200F/G
• Professor: Sasha Torres

Document Summary

Deconstruction= to not naturalize what isn(cid:1058)t natural but is nationall(cid:501), historicall(cid:501) and sociall(cid:501) Deconstruction is a wa(cid:501) o(cid:328) thinkin(cid:329) about binar(cid:501) oppositions: man/women, hi(cid:329)h/low, black/white, truth/(cid:328)alsit(cid:501), reason/madness, presence/ absence. Entire social structures have risen (cid:328)rom these social observations (cid:1044)(cid:329)ender, race(cid:1045) Or(cid:329)anizes the world itsel(cid:328): but a(cid:328)ter thinkin(cid:329) (cid:328)or awhile about them he develops a m(cid:501)tholo(cid:329)(cid:501) (cid:328)or thinkin(cid:329) criticall(cid:501) o(cid:328) them. Deconstructin(cid:329) a binar(cid:501) opposition involves three operations (cid:1003). Looks like there is balance but one o(cid:328) the terms is alwa5s privile(cid:329)ed over the other. Derrida ar(cid:329)ues that one term is alwa(cid:501)s subordinated to the other: man/women =man // black/white =white (cid:1004). Binar(cid:501) oppositions are unstable (cid:1044)no true opposition(cid:1045) incest. When thinkin(cid:329) about an opposition the(cid:501) seem stable but the more stable it seems the more unstable it actuall(cid:501) is. The(cid:501) are the buildin(cid:329) blocks o(cid:328) our thou(cid:329)hts. The(cid:501) order our thinkin(cid:329) and our world: separate washrooms- binar(cid:501) oppositions.