Junk for Code

culture in troubled times

From a 2004 exhibition called Fear, War and the Scream

Tracey Emin,WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF, 2001.

Philosophy's response to the new world of terrorism.

In the work of Derrida a deconstructive philosophy pays close attention to language to expose the rhetorical strategies at work within the politics of a war on terror; exposes the way the uncritical use of words like ‘terrorism’ and 'war' in the political discourse that now dominates public space and the media; and pays close attention to the contradictions, tensions and conflicts that make mutual understanding and dialogue difficult in practice.

Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at October 22, 2004 08:13 AM | TrackBack