Mason

Yeah.

Yeah.

This is blowing my mind. And now we get to this like crazy question Derrida asks. Is this whole logo-centric way of thinking, this search for solid meaning, is it just a Western thing?

This is blowing my mind. And now we get to this like crazy question Derrida asks. Is this whole logo-centric way of thinking, this search for solid meaning, is it just a Western thing?

Are you saying some cultures don't even think like this at all?

Are you saying some cultures don't even think like this at all?

Yeah. Take the K'iche' Maya, for example.

Yeah. Take the K'iche' Maya, for example.

Their whole culture values oral tradition, the way stories change over time.

Their whole culture values oral tradition, the way stories change over time.

Right.

Right.

And it makes you wonder, does our alphabet system make us more logocentric?

And it makes you wonder, does our alphabet system make us more logocentric?

Whoa. My brain needs a break. We've covered so much. Logocentrism deconstruction. The limits of language. The power of writing.

Whoa. My brain needs a break. We've covered so much. Logocentrism deconstruction. The limits of language. The power of writing.

Derrida really makes you rethink everything.

Derrida really makes you rethink everything.

Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here?