Derrida and Deconstruction (Flipped Learning)
'Derrida and Deconstruction' (Flipped Learning) Introduction :- Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was a French philosopher who left an undeniable mark on 20th-century thought. His most influential concept, deconstruction , emerged as a way to challenge our assumptions about how we understand texts, ideas, and even ourselves. Imagine deconstruction as a powerful magnifying glass applied to language. Traditionally, we tend to believe that words have fixed meanings, and that these meanings can be neatly conveyed through writing and speech. Deconstruction, however, argues that meaning is not a straightforward process. Language itself is a complex system, full of internal contradictions and nuances. Derrida focused on exposing these complexities. He identified a tendency in Western philosophy to rely on binary oppositions , privileging one term over another (think good vs. evil, speech vs. writing, presence vs. absence). Deconstruction doesn't seek to simply reverse these hierarchies