The freeplay of meaning gone to extreme: An oriental critique on Derrida

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  • Rasoul Aliakbari PhD Comparative Literature University of Alberta Canada

Keywords:

Avicenna, deconstruction, logos, freeplay, Ultimate Cause Theory

Abstract

Through deconstruction, Jacques Derrida refutes the possibility of knowledge and meaning and moves toward extreme skepticism. A chief Derridean assumption is that the fully free play of meaning runs against origin and logos. The present paper, however, endeavors to throw critical light on Derrida’s anti-logos theory, and to this end, the eastern philosopher Avicenna will be drawn on. Avicennian Ultimate Cause Theory applied, deconstruction will be re-visited arguing that signifiers naturally call for a starting place from which they may initiate signification. Nevertheless, it will follow that logos is not an obstacle against the semantic free flow; rather, meaning circulates freely as a result of infinite similarities among signs, all operating under the auspices of the logos.

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Author Biography

Rasoul Aliakbari, PhD Comparative Literature University of Alberta Canada

PhD Candidate

Department ofcomparative Litaerture

University of Alberta

Canada

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Published

2012-09-09

How to Cite

Aliakbari, R. (2012). The freeplay of meaning gone to extreme: An oriental critique on Derrida. Journal of Human Sciences, 9(2), 1107–1113. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/2423

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Language and Literature