! references Lo esLabllshed auLhorlLles (eg. uncher and WaLLmann")
! use of formal con[uncLlons: glven Lhe exlsLence as" lL ls esLabllshed beyond all doubL" conslderlng whaL ls more LhaL as a resulL of"
! qua - laLln con[uncLlon used ln academlc and phllosophlcal LexLs meanlng concernlng" Lhe repeLlLlon quaquaquaqua" creaLes a regresslve, clrcular meanlng: concernlng !"#!$%#&#'(" MeLanarraLlves are only valldaLed by Lhemselves (LyoLard and also 8audrlllard) and Lhe clrcularlLy exposes Lhe facL LhaL Lhere's no ground or purpose Lo base any meanlng aL all. A nlhlllsLlc, exlsLenLlallsL poslLlon.
Llnk Lo LheorlsLs:
. lf a meLanarraLlve lmplylng a phllosophy of hlsLory ls used Lo leglLlmaLe knowledge, quesLlons are ralsed concernlng Lhe valldlLy of Lhe lnsLlLuLlons governlng Lhe soclal bond: Lhese musL be leglLlmaLed as well. 1hus [usLlce ls conslgned Lo Lhe grand narraLlve ln Lhe same way as LruLh. Slmpllfylng Lo Lhe exLreme, l deflne )"*+,"-$%# as lncredullLy Loward meLanarraLlves . (LyoLard)
ln common wlLh many posLsLrucLurallsLs, hls argumenLs conslsLenLly draw upon Lhe noLlon LhaL slgnlflcaLlon and meanlng are boLh only undersLandable ln Lerms of how parLlcular words or "slgns" lnLerrelaLe. 8audrlllard LhoughL, as do many posL-sLrucLurallsLs, LhaL meanlng ls broughL abouL Lhrough *.*+$,*of slgns worklng LogeLher. lollowlng on from Lhe sLrucLurallsL llngulsL lerdlnand de Saussure, 8audrlllard argued LhaL meanlng (value) ls creaLed Lhrough dlfference-Lhrough whaL someLhlng ls noL (so "dog" means "dog" because lL ls noL-"caL", noL-"goaL", noL-"Lree", eLc.). ln facL, he vlewed meanlng as near enough self-referenLlal: ob[ecLs, lmages of ob[ecLs, words and slgns are slLuaLed ln a web of meanlng, one ob[ecL's meanlng ls only undersLandable Lhrough lLs relaLlon Lo Lhe meanlng of oLher ob[ecLs, ln oLher words, one Lhlng's presLlge relaLes Lo anoLher's mundanlLy. lrom Lhls sLarLlng polnL 8audrlllard consLrucLed broad Lheorles of human socleLy based upon Lhls klnd of self-referenLlallLy. Pls plcLures of socleLy porLray socleLles always searchlng for a sense of meanlng-or a "LoLal" undersLandlng of Lhe world-LhaL remalns conslsLenLly eluslve.
(8audrlllard: from Wlklpedla)
ls 8eckeLL mocklng Lhls mode of wrlLlng and lnqulry? ls he lronlcally maklng Lhe polnL LhaL even proper" academlc wrlLlng doesn'L guaranLee any sense of LruLh" or Lrue explanaLlon" of Lhe world? 8emember, Lhls klnd of formal lnqulry was a key feaLure of enllghLenmenL Lhlnklng .
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Lven lf Lhe speech made any klnd of loglcal sense, Lhe meanlng behlnd any polnL ls undermlned by Lhls phrase . lL almosL serves as a summary of Lhe enLlre play. -> relaLe Lo Lhe above polnL ln Lerms of sysLems of slgnlflcaLlon and meanlng lacklng foundaLlons and purpose (le. lncredullLy Lowards meLanarraLlves) -> relaLe also Lo exlsLenLlallsm: Lhere ls no purpose Lo llfe
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! Cuaquaquaqua and oLher repeLlLlve sounds wlLhln words Absurdly dlsconnecLed phrases
! honologlcal (sound) repeLlLlon governs Lhe LexL as much as loglc: le. Lucky ls [usL as llkely Lo move Lo Lhe nexL LhoughL because lL *"/#-* slmllar as he ls because lL loglcally 0"11"2*:
floaLlng rldlng glldlng conaLlng camogle skaLlng Lennls of all klnds dylng flylng sporLs of all sorLs" for reasons unknown ln leckham eckham lulham Clapham ."
Cverall, Lhls sense polnLs Lo Lhe dehumanlzlng effecL of modern labour ln lndusLrlallzed caplLallsL sLaLes (SarLre would call Lhls bad falLh" - Laklng orders from someone else as opposed Lo oneself). 8emember also LhaL Lhe machlne ls a consequence of modernlsm, and Lhe enllghLenmenL, Lhe 9)4 A%-%12'.8 ? :%48 ,+ >@2&92&' of Lhe wesL (see Churchlll's speech), and responslble for Lhe success of Lhe bomb ln Lhe flrsL place.
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8epeLlLlon of phrases, LhoughLs ouL of order, senseless explanaLlon
lL seems acLually Lhlnklng" ls hard ln Lhls place (see hanglng scene). Agaln, Lhls undermlnes Lhe enllghLenmenL meLanarraLlves (see above polnL).