As
others have commented, I find Derrida’s theory of order to be rather
interesting. Society governs many
aspects of life, and as I watched a live sporting event with my brother this
weekend, I witnessed this firsthand.
Over the course of the game, the broadcast was interrupted several times
with silence due to foul language. The
camera would show the players on the field or doing an interview, and suddenly
the audio would cut off. This is an example
of order – society deems certain words inappropriate for the viewing audience
and cuts off all of the audio so that we cannot hear what they are saying
(although we can usually figure it out by the movements of their lips). Society tries to avoid reality, rather than
let us hear it for what it is.
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