Vol.1, No 5, 1998 pp. 449 - 454
UDC:316.258:316.46
READING DERRIDA'S "FORCE OF LAW: 'THE
MYSTICAL FOUNDATION OF AUTHORITY' "
Vladimir Đokić
Philosophy Department, Louisiana State University
Abstract. This essay is an attempt at an explication de texte: a
reading session on Part I of Derrida's "Force of Law: 'The Mystical Foundation
of Authority"'. An explication - that is, an unfolding by means of an interruptive
reading that breaks into the text at certain places; a supplementary reading
that interprets and mediates by means of insertions and prostheses so as
to provide a secure footing (precisely by means of footnotes) for a somewhat
better understanding, knowing already, however, that there can never be
a steady ground or foundation and even less a secure one - that is,
an irresponsible one.
ČITANJE DERIDINOG DELA "SILA ZAKONA:'MISTIČNI
TEMELJ AUTORITETA' "
Ovaj esej predstavlja pokušaj eksplikacije teksta: čitanje prvog dela Deridinog
dela "Sila zakona: 'mistični temelj autoriteta' ". Eksplikacija - to jest
otkrivanje teksta metodom isprekidanog čitanja kojom se ulazi u tekst na
pojedinim mestima; jedno dopunsko čitanje koje interpretira ili posreduje
pomoću ubačenih elemenata tako da bi se obezbedila solidna osnova /upravo
pomoću fusnota/ za nešto bolje razumevanje, znajući unapred, međutim, da
nikada ne može postojati stabilna osnova, a još manje sigurna, to jest,
neodgovorna.
