tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post114122830523786586..comments2023-10-28T02:30:25.724-07:00Comments on Wasted: my reading of Derrida's Right to Philosophy...Runahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05553846408966612913noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post-1141567484292448942006-03-05T06:04:00.000-08:002006-03-05T06:04:00.000-08:00first of all l>t do not be sorry about what you th...first of all l>t do not be sorry about what you think and eel, if you really think something is wrong with the way you think, try to reason it out.<BR/>however coming to the universal aspect and the humanitarian point of view, I agree with you but then the question is, Is there really something that is 'universal'? part from ofcourse the very basic human instincts. I do not completly endorse decartes view though. <BR/>what troubles me is un/fortunetly we cannot think beyond the caste/class/creed distinctions, because the world we live in doesn't give us that kind of space.I am presently trying to read Derrida and his contention on the whole issue of humanity, what I understand is that he is aiming at a 'deconstrution' of all existing hegemonies that ve been there for ages now, trying to place the 'other' in the view, but what comes finally is his imagination for as Ugly Girl calls it and any other too "Utopian space" where things exist without any kind of dominance.<BR/>I do not really know if that is at all possible, yet I being the way I am hang on that possibility, I guess that much of romantic I am, I allow myself to be perhaps to survive. <BR/>but this does not mean that will be a universal space, it will rather accomodate differences and thatis the key to it.<BR/>Since I see you read a lot, why not try reading Derrida for once, or may be you have read him...<BR/>looking forward for more...cyaRunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05553846408966612913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post-1141489410700690492006-03-04T08:23:00.000-08:002006-03-04T08:23:00.000-08:00Sorry, it's an idea I seem stuck on. I guess i loo...Sorry, it's an idea I seem stuck on. I guess i look for 'common ground' in everything. It's a trait that comes from thinking as a humanist. Part of my own philosophy. :)<BR/>I'll read your post again, as It's a lot to grasp.To absorb.<BR/>O.k., I understand the error of assuming all philosophy to line up w/European or western thinking. <BR/> <BR/>But I Do not think that i feel that way. I am interested in the things that are common w/us humans. <BR/>I strive to see beyond culture, religion and those types of things to; what is universal in us all. <BR/>Do you think that is a realistic goal? <BR/>I think that even some philosophical truths that i ascribe to (prehaps I learned from reading 'Descartes') A person who considers them selves well read in Eastern philosophy might have heard the same thing but in a diff. context. <BR/>Maybe we understand the same thing in a diff. way.? <BR/>What you call this, I call that. <BR/>You for sure have a much better grasp of the 'concept' of Eurocentric philosophy, then I have of the Eastern 'concept' of philosophy.<BR/><BR/>I like the quote from your post:<BR/>"Not only are there other ways of philosophy, but philosophy if there is such a thing, is the other way."<BR/>To me that says, "Expand your mind to understand." <BR/>This whole disscusion has given me a lot to think about.concerned citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935396158050893085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post-1141415717353710462006-03-03T11:55:00.000-08:002006-03-03T11:55:00.000-08:00i hope now u don feel the author is wasted...thoug...i hope now u don feel the author is wasted...though with my liking for the worst I kindda liked that tooRunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05553846408966612913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post-1141415659407542962006-03-03T11:54:00.000-08:002006-03-03T11:54:00.000-08:00but l>t i think u r mis understanding the concept ...but l>t i think u r mis understanding the concept of the cosmo political. it does not call for a common /shared ground rathers it infact means the opposite, a space where things exist without any hegemony, with nothing ruling the other. <BR/>and my understanding I am still todeceide whether I will vote for a global set up or a communal/ segregate...<BR/>much on this laterRunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05553846408966612913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post-1141394031849924732006-03-03T05:53:00.000-08:002006-03-03T05:53:00.000-08:00but as always, the disillusioned me thinks that th...but as always, the disillusioned me thinks that this is a pholosopher's Utopia.uglygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05355252264637056138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post-1141362906197178192006-03-02T21:15:00.000-08:002006-03-02T21:15:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.concerned citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935396158050893085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post-1141364127482897342006-03-02T21:35:00.000-08:002006-03-02T21:35:00.000-08:00I like the idea of a 'cosmo-political platform for...I like the idea of a 'cosmo-political platform for philosophy'. & it is true that philosophys, thoughts, ideas need to be revamped(?) to fit the modern world if we are ever to become truely 'global'. <BR/><BR/>The East should not have to assimulate into the West or visa-versa but we need to find the common ground, first. <BR/><BR/>I find this idea very exciting.concerned citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935396158050893085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post-1141361955740477332006-03-02T20:59:00.000-08:002006-03-02T20:59:00.000-08:00So far, I've gotten to the 6th paragraph of your p...So far, I've gotten to the 6th paragraph of your post. <BR/><BR/>Simply put, there seems to always be a gap(?) between Western thinking & Eastern thinking. I find this in religions, myself. Being a student of religions (as an outsider). My goal is to find common ground in all mankind. Philosophy also? <BR/>I will read further. :)concerned citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935396158050893085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post-1141359068022815502006-03-02T20:11:00.000-08:002006-03-02T20:11:00.000-08:00I am alien to the context...My comments were gross...I am alien to the context...<BR/>My comments were grossly based on your style.<BR/><BR/>you make a coherent statement of your reading.<BR/><BR/>and when I mention 'fetters of institution & academics' I imply the forced part of writing...I maybe wrong...but the way I know words...they were not structured after an internalisation...and moreover I dont expect you to internalise Derrida...this again doesnt mean that you are not supposed to internalise him, or in more simpler way, you are not supposed to like or dislike him...<BR/>but you need several readings of an author to make yourself write about him...in other words...your reading compels you to write...<BR/><BR/>'fetters of institution & academics' so often prevent you from this unpremeditationSiddharth Tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795352883997807604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post-1141313398215177262006-03-02T07:29:00.000-08:002006-03-02T07:29:00.000-08:00hey since we could not discuss i detail what ur re...hey since we could not discuss i detail what ur reservations are about this piece, please write it to me...<BR/><BR/>u know ow eager i always am about ur comments...Runahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05553846408966612913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626667.post-1141278533646477762006-03-01T21:48:00.000-08:002006-03-01T21:48:00.000-08:00good writing, good reading, within the given fette...good writing, good reading, within the given fetters of institution and academicsSiddharth Tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795352883997807604noreply@blogger.com