The Structure of the Ear

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Authors

  • Enrique Nuesch Universidade Estadual do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52521/kg.v22i1.14540

Keywords:

Derria, Ear, Benjamin, Heidegger, Nietzsche

Abstract

This article aims to show that there is a “structure of the ear” being tacitly announced by some of Derrida’s texts, as a product of the author’s own gesture of cutting notes, periods and phrases off of his texts through the years. Specifically, the article examines a relation between Otobiographies (Derrida, 1984), “Prénom de Benjamin” (Derrida, 1994a), and “Geschlecht IV” (Derrida, 1994b). It is proposed that other senses and meanings can be heard in “Prénom de Benjamin” when the scars left by the cuts are followed from text to text in their different versions. The exposition begins considering some moments of the relations Derrida had with Structuralism, after what is concluded that this author proceeded by a mutiplication of structures, in a vicinity with what Deleuze (1972) considered as “structuralist” traces. After this, the article goes to its main argument, having in mind that a “structure of the ear” is projected as a in a negative when Derrida’s explicit considerations on the ear are followed in contrast with what can be heard in the cuts made uppon his text.

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Published

2025-01-02

How to Cite

NUESCH, E. The Structure of the Ear: Scars. Kalagatos, [S. l.], v. 22, n. 1, p. ek24001, 2025. DOI: 10.52521/kg.v22i1.14540. Disponível em: https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/kalagatos/article/view/14540. Acesso em: 21 jan. 2025.

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Dossiê Atualidade do Estruturalismo