John O. -- I was being tongue in cheek :).
Daniel -- no real consequences for the general reader. If you want to have an
opinion about Derrida, you should try to read him. If you haven't read him,
you should suspend judgment. This seems like basic intellectual honesty to
me.
But you certainly don't need to read him to be literate, the way you should
read Homer and Dante and Shakespeare and Milton and the Bible.
If you're serious about studying literature -- if you're an English major or
doing grad work in English -- you should read him for the sake of familiarity
with his ideas since he has had his influence in this field. If you're
interested in the serious study of philosophy, after you've read all the
important stuff up to the 20th century Derrida would be a good read for an
alternative view of it all.
Jim
Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:
> Whats are the consequences to the reader and writer for ignoring Derrida?
> or for the Sophiliacs; What if Derrida was never born?
>
> Daniel Torquemada
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