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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Of Grammatology"”.
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Writing and Differance, Violence in Language: Finding the Roots of Oppression and Violence in Derrida's <i>Of Grammatology</i>
Derrida's most well known theoretical work<i> Of Grammatology </i>often comes under fire from critics as being "frivolous," "playful," or "playing language games." In my thesis I will argue that this is a misinterpretation of Derrida's work, exploring the implications of the his concept of …
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Critical ecologies: Violence and life in the work of Jacques Derrida and Theodor Adorno
<p>My dissertation offers the first sustained engagement with the question of violence in the works of Jacques Derrida and Theodor Adorno. I argue that the conjunction of questions of violence and with those of “life” indicates a profound sympathy in their thinking and suggests the need to develop …
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Cinema Derrida: the law of inspection in the age of global spectral film and video
My contribution in the interdisciplinary field of film studies involves expanding the concept of spectrality from its linguistic, deconstructive context to articulate new cinematic subjectivities and visual forms of mourning. Spectrality emerges as a key theme in Derrida’s cinematic collaborations, …
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In ruimtes vasgekeer: 'n Kognitiewe benadering tot metafore in dekoloniale diskoers
… staatgemaak op die metafoorteorie van George Lakoff (1993), Mark Johnson (1987), Lakoff en Johnson (1980, 1999), Zoltan Kövecses (1997, 2010) en Joseph Grady. Verder word beginsels uit die kritiese diskoersanalise betrek, na aanleiding van Michel Foucault (2002), Jonathan Charteris-Black (2004) …