In Specters of Marx, Derrida addresses the issue of philosophical radicality. Deconstruction would not be radical if by radical we mean, as in the metaphysical tradition, the ontological search for the foundation, the origin, the arché. And yet, in that same text, Derrida affirms a certain radicality of deconstruction, which would be bound to the experience of “perhaps”. To attempt to understand what this is about, one must return to Politics of Friendship, in which Derrida deals with the experience of “perhaps” as a condition of possibility of the event. And above all, to Perhaps or Maybe, which allows us to grasp the irreducible radicality of this experience as the opening of the experience of otherness in general.
La decostruzione è radicale? - Forse...
FRANCESCO VITALE
2024-01-01
Abstract
In Specters of Marx, Derrida addresses the issue of philosophical radicality. Deconstruction would not be radical if by radical we mean, as in the metaphysical tradition, the ontological search for the foundation, the origin, the arché. And yet, in that same text, Derrida affirms a certain radicality of deconstruction, which would be bound to the experience of “perhaps”. To attempt to understand what this is about, one must return to Politics of Friendship, in which Derrida deals with the experience of “perhaps” as a condition of possibility of the event. And above all, to Perhaps or Maybe, which allows us to grasp the irreducible radicality of this experience as the opening of the experience of otherness in general.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
