Derrida's Structure, Sign, and Play.

Name : Solanki Pratiksha M.
Paper : 7. Literary Theory and Criticism
Subject : Assignment
Title : Derrida's Structure, Sign and Play.
Roll No. 23
Sem : 2
Submitted to : 
Smt. S.B.Gardi 
Dept. of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
pratikshasolanki068@gmail.com

Derrida's Structure, Sign, and Play : :


Introduction :

    Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. Derrida is best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction. Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences was a lecture presented on 21 October 1966 by philosopher Jacques Derrida. 

Derrida's Structure, Sign and Play : :

    Here..Derrida demonstrates how structuralism as represented by the anthropologist Claude Levi-strauss which sets out as a criticism or rejection of science and metaphysics can be read as embodying precisely those aspects of science and metaphysics which it seeks to challenge. Structure, Sign and Play identifies a tendency for philosophers to denounce each other for relying on problematic discourse and argues that this reliance is to some degree inevitable because we can only write in the language we inherit. Discussing the anthropology  of Claude Levi strauss.

    Although presented a conference intended to popularize structuralism, the lecture is widely cited as the starting point for post-structuralism. In the United States, along with Derrida longer text of programmatic for the technique of Deconstruction. Ideas and methods introduced by Derrida are listed rather than elaborated on.

" There are thus two interpretation, of Structure, of Sign and of free play. The one seeks to decipher, dreams of deciphering, a truth or an origin which is free from free play and form the order of the sign, and lives like an exile the necessity of interpretation . The other, which is no longer turned toward the origin, affirms free play and tries to pass beyond man and humanism "

    In this essay we see that Derrida begins his essay by noting that Structures have always informed western thinking but have not been paid sufficient attention due to the very nature of the structure themselves, because they are essential. Derrida pushes  this established notion of the center to the point of rapture in the history of thought on Structuralism where..

" It was necessary to begin thinking

that there was no center, and

that the center couldn't be thought in the

form of a present - being,

that the center  had no natural site,

that it was not a fixed locus but a function,

a sort of non locus  in which

on infinite number of Sign-substitutions

come into Play. "

 

    Derrida's work is totally different with new idea and thoughts and work always comes with expertness without failure. He seeks to move to a new and entirely different mode of thinking instead of simply moving old system. Derrida also explain three term in his essay.. The structure of Discourse, bricolage play and supplementary.

     " Play " is Derrida's way of simultaneously recognizing the infinite range of deconstruction is possible may because there is an infinite range of information. Derrida's " Structure " is discussed some of his basic notions of post-structuralism and deconstruction, roughly explains the origin of the school pf thoughts revolving around these practices, and gives several concrete examples in support of his arguments. 

    Derrida goes on to list a number of influential thinkers who were important in propagating this shift from structuralist to post-structuralist. This also explains structure of Myth. Here " Sign " shows some time complication of people's mind what all the new theories and concepts had in common is that.. even though they claimed to be aware of the predicaments, they still operated  form within a metaphysical system.

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