Derrida critiques the concept of political representation, arguing that it relies on a logic of proxy and delegation that is inherently problematic. No representative can ever perfectly or fully stand in for those they represent, as there is an inevitable gap or difference between any representative and those they claim to speak for. This gap means that representation will always involve some violence, exclusion, or misrepresentation of the represented.
Derrida critiques the concept of political representation, arguing that it relies on a logic of proxy and delegation that is inherently problematic. No representative can ever perfectly or fully stand in for those they represent, as there is an inevitable gap or difference between any representative and those they claim to speak for. This gap means that representation will always involve some violence, exclusion, or misrepresentation of the represented.
Derrida critiques the concept of political representation, arguing that it relies on a logic of proxy and delegation that is inherently problematic. No representative can ever perfectly or fully stand in for those they represent, as there is an inevitable gap or difference between any representative and those they claim to speak for. This gap means that representation will always involve some violence, exclusion, or misrepresentation of the represented.
Derrida critiques the concept of political representation, arguing that it relies on a logic of proxy and delegation that is inherently problematic. No representative can ever perfectly or fully stand in for those they represent, as there is an inevitable gap or difference between any representative and those they claim to speak for. This gap means that representation will always involve some violence, exclusion, or misrepresentation of the represented.
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Sending: On Representation Derrida, Jacques Social Research; Summer 1982; 49, 2; ProQuest pg.