[lit-ideas] Re: Derrida -- "abstruse theorist"
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:56:56 EDT
In a message dated 10/13/2004 11:40:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
thereby making it a criterion
of excellence that a work's author (his or her intentions, of course, aside)
has an appropriate gender, ethnicity, or geographical origin.
Mmm. "A. C. Grayling". I wonder: what gender, ethnicity, or, indeed
geographical origin?
I don't think Jack (as I call him) Derrida made a strong point about
geographical origin. He never acknowledged his motherland (Algier), and
referred to
himself, rather, as a French ("Gallois").
Cheers,
JL
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