Re: Derrida and Habermas -- PS

I wanted to add one bit, in case it makes my point a bit more clear:
I said:
<< [The author of the article] simply saw a political document that he took,
rightly or wrongly, to be contrary to Derrida's philosophy, which
nonetheless had Derrida's own signature at the end, which ostensible
incongruity he took to be newsworthy.>>

To change your Christians and Jews analogy, I'd say that the author of the
article was reporting a situation that he saw not as Christians and Jews
agreeing over excesses in the media, as in your example, but as the
signature of a prominent rabbi appearing on a document that including a
phrase like, "Given that Jesus Christ was the son of God, therefore. . . ,"
which, it seems to me, would indeed be newsworthy happening.

It seems to me that he might be mistaken in his understanding of Derrida and
he might be mistaken in his understanding of the political document, but
there is no certain error in his understanding of a connection between
philosophy and politics.

-robbie
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Received on Sat Aug 9 19:12:03 2003