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Jacques Derrida

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Us paradoxical humans: Embrace it at a time of possible mass deception

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 5 November 20206 November 2020

Even if most of the time we toe the conventional line there are some circumstances, such as during a so-called pandemic, when we must say, thus far but no further

Posted inEquality, General

The particularity of race and the universality of being human: Derrida on Mandela

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 26 January 2016

Judging by the seemingly never-ending spate of articles, debates, and to-and-fro accusations that reflect a veritable obsession with race in this country — an obsession one might have expected to abate somewhat at this point in time, almost 22 years after the demise of apartheid — it appears to me a timeous moment to return […]

Posted inBusiness, General, News/Politics

Derrida and the present world (dis-)order

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 9 November 2015

Anyone who believes that the present world-dispensation is one of “order”, merely has to scan all the many sources of information to be disabused of such an illusion. In doing so, however, they would probably not realise that, as Derrida (1994; see below) enables one to see, these very news sources — mainly television, the […]

Posted inGeneral

Why do we so often misunderstand one another? Derrida on communication

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 24 August 2015

The other night we enjoyed a fabulous poetry evening at the local branch of the Alliance Francaise, with several poets presenting their poetry, from the increasingly well-known poetess, Lelethu to the well-known Brian Walter, with his Helenvale poets and the Afrikaans poet and literary critic Marius Crous. Because, being a Francophile myself, I have been […]

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