THIS STRANGE INSTITUTION CALLED PERFORMATIVITY: JACQUES DERRIDA, THE ANARCHY OF LITERATURE, AND THE COUNTERINSTITUTION OF DEMOCRACY

• Authors: Valls Boix Juan Evaristo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this study is to analyse the relationship between performativity and literature in the philosophy of Jacques Derrida. It argues that the performativity of literature, which consists in the structural perversion of the force of language, underlies democratic forms of dissidence such as strike and protest. In this sense, protecting that strange institution called literature is crucial for safeguarding democracy and deconstructing the principle of sovereignty. The anarchy of force unleashed by literature constitutes a disruptive element of sovereignty, conceived as “self-performative”.

Keywords

EN

JACQUES DERRIDA; LITERATURE; PERFORMATIVITY

• Publisher: Institute of World Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: World Literature Studies
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 39 – 53

Contributors

author

Valls Boix Juan Evaristo

• Department of Logics nad Theoretical Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8777-388X

Identifiers

DOI

10.31577/WLS.2024.16.1.3