Rick Roderick on The Masters of Suspicion
48:02Heidegger: The Rejection of Humanism
44:51Sartre: The Road to Freedom
39:57Marcuse: One-Dimensional Man
45:22Habermas: The Fragile Dignity of Humanity
47:34Foucault: The Disappearance of the Human
45:45Derrida: The Ends of Man
44:12Baudrillard: Fatal Strategies
48:02Derrida: The Ends of Man
This lecture elucidates Jacques Derrida's project of deconstruction, examining its origins in Heidegger's critique of metaphysics and the concept of language constituted by difference and materiality. It contrasts Derrida with Richard Rorty, exploring the implications of textual interpretation and the "end of man" within philosophical discourse.
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Foucault: The Disappearance of the Human
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