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DERRIDA’S STRUCTURE OF LAW AND ITS POLITICAL APPLICATION
DERRIDA’S STRUCTURE OF LAW AND ITS POLITICAL APPLICATION

Author(s): Nicolae Morar
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Derrida; Mandela; deconstruction; aporia; politics; structure of law; apartheid

Summary/Abstract: It has often been said that deconstruction leaves Derrida with nothing positive to say about politics. Critics of Derrida think that the application of deconstruction to politics fails because it overlooks the distinctiveness of political structures. By framing this paper from a case study into the theory of aporias in law and politics and back to the question of apartheid, I argue for a way in which Derrida’s deconstruction is at play both only on a theoretical level and also on a practical level as a corrective to a given political situation.

  • Issue Year: 53/2008
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 133-148
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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