PHM4920

Contemporary European thought B: Derrida

Not offered in 1998

Karen Green

8 points
* 2 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton

Objectives On successful completion of this course students should be familiar with the origins of Derrida's thoughts and have developed strategies for reading deconstructive texts. They should also have a good understanding of the relationship of Derrida's thoughts on language and some strands of analytic philosophy of language.

Synopsis This course will focus on the work of Jacques Derrida, his strategy of deconstruction and critique of logocentrism. Topics to be covered will include phonocentrism and logocentrism, linguistics and grammatology, speech and writing, and differance. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship between Derrida's thought and analytic philosophy of language.

Assessment Written (6000 words): 100%. Option of a 3000-word essay and a 3-hour examination.

Prescribed texts

A collection of readings available from the department