大学里的德里达

Derrida in the University,or the Liberal Arts in Deconstruction

本文解读了德里达对康德和席勒论现代大学起源的著作的阐述,表明那些试图监督和掌控当代大学的理论立场本身也不知不觉地遭到了解构和颠覆。接着,文章考察了当今两个把文科当作现代大学守卫者和监督者的例子。两者都成为德里达辨别出来的解构置换类型的牺牲品。文章还讨论了德里达本人对现代法国大学的制度性干预背后的不同理由。该讨论引向本文的结论,即我们应该像为社会科学和自然科学的纯粹研究辩护一样为人文科学中的纯粹研究辩护,但不应该把经典文科提升到享受特权的优越地位。

Derrida＇s account of Kant＇s and Schelling＇s writings on the origins of the modem university are interpreted to show that theoretical positions attempting to oversee and master the contemporary university find themselves destabilized or deconstrueted. Two examples of contemporary attempts to install the liberal arts as the guardians and overseers of the contemporary university are examined. Both examples fall prey to the types of deconstructive displacements identified by Derrida. The very different reasoning behind Derrida＇s own institutional intervention in the modern French university is discussed. This discussion leads to concluding comments on the need to defend pure research in the humanities, as well as in the social and natural sciences, rather than elevating the classical liberal arts to a privileged position.