On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism after Structuralism

Ulmer, Gregory L.; Culler, Jonathan

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“…[whereas] feminist criticism […] works to prove itself more rational, serious, and reflective than male readings that omit and distort (Culler [1982] 2008, 58).…”

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New Materialism: Interviews & Cartographies

Dolphijn¹,

Tuin²

2012

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The world is due for a resurgence of original speculative metaphysics. The New Metaphysics series aims to provide a safe house for such thinking amidst the demoralizing caution and prudence of professional academic philosophy. We do not aim to bridge the analyticcontinental divide, since we are equally impatient with nail-filing analytic critique and the continental reverence for dusty textual monuments. We favor instead the spirit of the intellectual gambler, and wish to discover and promote authors who meet this description. Like an emergent recording company, what we seek are traces of a new metaphysical 'sound' from any nation of the world. The editors are open to translations of neglected metaphysical classics, and will consider secondary works of especial force and daring. But our main interest is to stimulate the birth of disturbing masterpieces of twenty-first century philosophy. Matter can receive a form, and within this form-matter relation lies the ontogenesis. Rick Dolphijn and Iris van der Tuin -Gilbert Simondon AcknowledgementsThis book is the result of intense interaction between the two authors and many others. Giving names to the particular elements that form this swarm is an impossible but necessary undertaking, since the two names on the cover of this book definitely do not exhaust what made the book. Most of all, of course, the four wise and generous minds that are given a voice in the first part of this book, and whose voices are rewritten in the second part, should be thanked: Prof. Rosi Braidotti, Prof. Manuel DeLanda, Prof. Finally we would like to thank our loved ones. The interviews in Part One are intra-actions rather than interactions. The former term was introduced by Barad and is central to her new materialism.Qualitatively shifting any atomist metaphysics, intra-action conceptualizes that it is the action between (and not in-between) that matters. In other words, it is not the interviewers or the interviewee or even the oeuvre of the interviewee that deserves our special attention, but it is the sense of orientation that the interview gave rise to (the action itself) that should how it is important to draw situated cartographies of (new) materialisms, and to traverse these maps at the same time in order to produce visionary alternatives, that is, creative alternatives to critique. When it comes toBraidotti's precise take on the matter of materialism, we encounter a Introduction 15Deleuzean "univocity" or "single matter," while we simultaneously findBraidotti acknowledging difference as a force of sexual differing on the one hand, and a sexual difference that needs to be traversed in order to come up with post-human, post-anthropocentric, and post-secular visions of sustainability and (intergenerational) justice on the other.The next interview, with Manuel DeLanda, demonstrates how new materialism is indeed filled with a visionary force, and how an attentive study of a material world asks us to look again at notions such as the mind or subjectivity from which this material world is ...

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“…[whereas] feminist criticism […] works to prove itself more rational, serious, and reflective than male readings that omit and distort (Culler [1982] 2008, 58).…”

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New Materialism: Interviews & Cartographies

Dolphijn¹,

Tuin²

2012

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“…9 See Rorty (1967), Culler (1983), Norris (1982) and Potgieter (1999, 145±153) for further elucidation of post-structural theories of language.…”

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A post-humanist deconstruction of the modern continental aesthetic tradition

Potgieter

2006

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The modern Continental aesthetic and artistic tradition is often placed in the humanist camp and implicated in the construction of totalising subject formations. In this article I emphasize the other side of the coin by analysing deconstructive tendencies at work in this tradition. I specifically note instances of metaphorical phrasing, as well as a broader``metaphorical'' understanding of art that undermines the notion of a common, humanist aesthetic experience.Mankind' does not advance, it does not even exist.Ð Nietzsche (1967b, 55). Introduction Introduction 1 1The contribution made by modern Continental philosophers to post-humanism and the deconstructive thrust in the humanities in general have received ample academic attention in recent years. 2 3 4 With reference to Continental philosophers such as Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Foucault, Feenberg (2000, 152) rather wittily points out that`we have a great posthumanist tradition behind us'. However, in my estimation one aspect of modern Continental philosophy, namely the aesthetic and artistic tradition, and the contribution it has made to deconstructing humanism, has been somewhat neglected. In fact, the modern Continental aesthetic and artistic tradition is often placed in the humanist camp and implicated in the construction of totalising subject formations. 5In this article I emphasise the other side of the coin by analysing deconstructive tendencies at work in the modern Continental aesthetic tradition. In this endeavour I am, of course, indebted to Derrida's deconstruction, which is well explained by Norris (1987, 19) as the vigilant seeking-out of those`aporias', blindspots or moments of self-contradiction where a text involuntarily betrays the tensions between rhetoric and logic, between what it manifestly means to say and what it is nonetheless constrained to mean. To`d econstruct' a piece of writing is therefore to operate a kind of strategic reversal, seizing on precisely those unregarded details (casual metaphors, footnotes, incidental turns of argument) which are always, and necessarily, passed over by interpreters of more orthodox persuasion.In line with this strategy, my central argument is that a`vigilant' reading of important`aesthetic texts' from the Continental tradition reveals notable instances of metaphorical phrasing, as well as a broader`metaphorical' understanding of art, that deconstructs the possibility of proving a common humanist aesthetic. 6With regard to my focusing on metaphor, I am indebted to Derrida's deconstructive strategy of identifying metaphorical phrasing in philosophical texts. I particularly have in mind a section in Margins of philosophy (1982,(246)(247)(248)(249)(250)(251)(252)(253) where Derrida demonstrates that Aristotle's passages in the Topics that deal with the necessity of avoiding metaphors for the sake of scientific clarity are themselves riddled with metaphors. Derrida (1982, 252) astutely points out that:`all the concepts which have operated in the definition of metaphor always have...

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“…This hybrid approach also shares some similar qualities with Critical Discourse Analysis (Fairclough, 1995). The different forms of analysis applied to these dimensions are conveyed through interpretation and explanation which occurs in each of the contexts to reveal power structures, legitimation of ideologies and contradictions (Culler, 1987;Norris, 1985Norris, , 1988aNorris, , 1988b.…”

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The Student - as - Customer Metaphor: A Deconstruction Using Foucauldian Constructs

Laing

2016

AABFJ

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This paper examines the social impact of the 'student-as-customer' metaphor on the role of academic leadership and objectivity of the assessment process in the higher education sector. A hybrid approach is used in which Deconstruction seeks to render visible the Foucauldian constructs of power and privilege. The paper draws on the existing literature to explore the problematic relationship between the student as customer metaphor, academic leadership, and student assessment. The paper raises awareness of the inherent tensions with the present reliance on the student as customer metaphor and the resulting negative impact on both students and academic staff. This addresses a gap in the literature in regards to the effect that the use of the student-as-customer metaphor has on academic leadership and assessment in higher education. This paper examines the social impact of the 'student-as-customer' metaphor on the role of academic leadership and objectivity of the assessment process in the higher education sector. A hybrid approach is used in which Deconstruction seeks to render visible the Foucauldian constructs of power and privilege. The paper draws on the existing literature to explore the problematic relationship between the student as customer metaphor, academic leadership, and student assessment. The paper raises awareness of the inherent tensions with the present reliance on the student as customer metaphor and the resulting negative impact on both students and academic staff. This addresses a gap in the literature in regards to the effect that the use of the student-as-customer metaphor has on academic leadership and assessment in higher education. JEL Classification: M41

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