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First thing never give up and never surrender. If Derrida teaches anything is to not care and just insist of doing philosophy even if people don't really understand what you asking of them. All your questions are very interesting and I recommend that you challenge me on my answers and go straight to...

I think the way Derrida is useful to us is by asking the impossible in full conscience of its impossibility. He purposely goes beyond the limit only to reorganize the limit itself. He knows that there is no world without a certain organization, or in other words, a certain sense in language, but nev...

Sorry for the long absence. I have been really busy. Just to shortly respond marjoram_blues' question I must first point out that Derrida's project is not "to serve" for something (looking back I might have been a little bit unfortunate in my formulation). But going straight to my point, I...

I will try to answer as organized and clearly as possible (and also sucint but I already feel I will fail on this part). I am Jewish but I don’t see the connection to any of my previus arguments. So if you think there is a connection I would like to hear about it. If it is just the question of the s...

First for me it is essential/vital that you don't feel in any way offended. I get the feeling you understand me but I just want to reinforce to avoid any trouble/misunderstanding, I am not teaching or correcting you. This is an open discussion and I am also trying to argue something that I am not fu...

I think your avant-garde proposal is very interesting but at the same time limited. I suggest you read Ranciere's "The paradoxes of political art" in Dissensus. There he opposes Lyotard's and suggests that avant-garde too is problematic since it demands an absolute anesthetization of life ...

I like your question about "work" because I feel it is deeply connected to to point I am trying to make. You are right, for me the performative is part of something much bigger. It is impossible to talk about profession and knowledge production without transiting into this central topic. S...

Feel free to steal as much as you want. I wouldn't be a good follower of Derrida if I said anything different. I must say I am not a big fan of pragmatism but I see where you are coming from. As I see it pragmatism has a certain conservative/reactionary aspect to it. If you stick to what works you w...

Hello, I am Yonathan Listik the author of this article. Firstly I would like to thank you for your interest and question. I am not sure I followed all your arguments and their connection to my text. I have the feeling I entered in the middle of an on going discussion (which is a very interesting pla...