Asia Times Online is carrying an excellent article on Derrida's deconstruction of the war on terror here:
atimes.com/atimes/Front...FJ14Aa01.html
A particularly cogent formulation by author Pepe Escobar:
"To "deconstruct" is to criticize acutely what's occult behind words, to take an idea (let's say "war on terror"), an institution or a given value and understand its mechanisms: it's something like a guerrilla attack against a dominant system of thought."
atimes.com/atimes/Front...FJ14Aa01.html
A particularly cogent formulation by author Pepe Escobar:
"To "deconstruct" is to criticize acutely what's occult behind words, to take an idea (let's say "war on terror"), an institution or a given value and understand its mechanisms: it's something like a guerrilla attack against a dominant system of thought."
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Re: Deconstructing the War on Terror
Tue, October 19, 2004 - 4:18 PMthank you for posting this
and may derrida rest in peace -
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Re: Deconstructing the War on Terror
Wed, October 20, 2004 - 4:06 PMheadline in the onion: Jacques Derrida 'Dies'
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