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1、ChapterOne:ClosedReading,Media,andtheBiopoliticsoftheArchiveIamfinishingGivenTimethisweek(finally)andnoticedwhenIgottothepartaboutbeggars(thehomeless)thatDerridastartssoundinglikeaMarxistandlikeFoucault.AndthenIsawthatDerridahasaverylongfootnotetoFoucault(p.83,n.135)whichismadeupalmoste
2、ntirelyofquotationsquotedbyFoucaultinMadnessandCivilization(withlotsof"quotedbyFoucault"stheendofthepassagesDerridaquotesfromFoucault.)AftergoingonaboutbeggarsandBaudelaireforanotherpageabit,Derridacutshisdiscussionshort:"Butthisisnottheplacetogooffintoanendlessdiscourse,howevernecessar
3、yitmaybe,onalmsandbegging.Letusretainmerelyaformaltrait."(137).Theword"endless"struckmeasbeingashorthandwayofbluntingthereception(misunderstanding)ofFoucault'suseofthearchivebysharpeningtheBorgesinFoucault(archiveaslabyrinth).Derridathenturnstothe"circle,"hischosenmetaphor(pp.6-8)forcir
4、culation.IhadnotnoticedthenotetoFoucault--andIthinkyou'reright,he'sboxinghimup--thenotemightevensuggestthatmadnessandcivisbeingmodeledbyDerridaasastorageunit--turningMFintoan"endless"butnecessaryexposuretothearchiveasbrutematter...I'mjealousofyoureadingGivenTime,Ispentayearreadingitonce
5、uponatime--checkouttheFANTASTICfaceoffwithMichelSerresonpage113.Understandingtheobjectiveconditionsofhisfategavehimthestrengthtoriseaboveit;thestrengthpermittedhim,evenin1940anddoubtlessthinkingofhisdeath,toformulatehisthesesontheconceptofhistory.OnlybysacrificinglifedidBenjaminbecometh
6、espiritthatlivedtheideaofawayoflifewithoutvictims.--TheodorAdorno,BenjamintheLetterWriter,”inNotestoLiteratureVol.2,(239)Inchapterfive,Iwanttotakeuptheologyandtheworkofart(inrelationofthetrainthedouble,theuncanny).“ButIcannothelpfeelingthatMr.Auerbach’sextremereluctancetodefinehistermsa
7、ndtomakehissuppositionsclearfromtheoutset,hasimpairedtheeffectivenessofhisbook.Ithascertainlygivenrise,judgingfromthereviewsIhaveseen,toaninterminableseriesofmisunderstandings...Giventhescopeandenormousmultiplicityofhismaterials,hisresultsarepeculiarlyshiftinganddisconcertingly