Sličnosti i razlike u Wittgensteinovom i Derridaovom shvaćanju jezika kao djelovanja
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2013
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Similarities and Differences in Wittgenstein and Derrida’s Notion of Language as Action
Abstract
This research paper offers a comparison of the concepts of language as action presented by
J. Derrida and L.Wittgenstein, including the concept of „performative” by J.L. Austin. The
conclusion is that they maintain a non-representational character of language. Relationship
between sign and referent is arbitrary and signs can not have a direct reference to independent
objects; rather they produce meaning through relationships with other signers. In social
practice, through the use of „language games”, meaning can be stabilized and systematised
by the habitual use of signs; however, this stabilization of meaning is always provisional.
Regardless of the differences in the approaches by Wittgenstein and Derrida, in the end is
turns out that their mutual similarities are more important. The concept of language derived
from their theories has a significant role in the understanding of self and identity, which
leads to a discursive-performative conception of the formation of identity. Also, some common
arguments and theoretical apparatus by Wittgenstein and Derrida may contribute to
a new way of thinking about democratic politics.
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J. Derrida, L. Wittgenstein, J.L. Austin, language, deconstruction, language games, performative
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Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2013, nr 4, s.127–138
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978-83-232-2525-6