“延异”与“道”——德里达与老子的跨时空对话

“Différance”and“Taoism”——A Time-space-crossing Dialogue Between Derrida and Laozi

“延异”与“道”分别是德里达与老子思想中的核心语词。两者都拒斥绝对的、封闭的中心,具体体现为对语言的反思以及对二元对立的消解。然而,“延异”的目的在于向西方传统的逻各斯中心主义发出挑战,而“道”作为世间万物之本原,既揭示了事物的产生及其变化规律,也以无限敞开的状态为未来形而上学的可能性提供了答案。

“Différance”and“Tao”are the core words in Derrida’s and Laozi’s thoughts respectively.They both reject the absolute and closed center,which is reflected in the introspection of language and the deconstruction of binary opposition.However,the purpose of“Différance”is to challenge the Western traditional logocentrism.“Tao”,as the origin of all things in the world,not only reveals the generation and changing laws of things,but also provides possibilities to future metaphysics in an infinite open state.