thOet her; c.Monolinguaolfi sm or, The ProsthoefOs riisg in JACQUESD ERRIDA Translatbeyd Patrick Mensah StaonrUfdn ivietPryrs ess Staodnr,Cf alifornia Assistfaontrch ete r anslwaatspi roonv ided byt heFr enMcihn isotfrC yu lture Monolingualisofmt hOet heorr;T, h Per osthesis ofO rgiinw aso rigalliynp ublisihnFe rde nch in1 99u6n detrh tei dIeem onolinguidsem e l'auetr:o ufa prothde'soer igine. © 199b6y E ditiGoalnisl ee StanfUonridv erPsrierysS st,a nfoCradl,i fornia © 199b8yt hBeo arodfT rustoefte hse LelaSntda nfJourndi Uonri versity Printientd he U nitSetda toefAms e rica CIPd ataar aet th ee ndo ft hbeo ok 'ForD avid Wills Contents Monoliinsogmftu halOet ehro;r , ThPer osthOerisgiisIn of Epilog7u0 e Note7s7 An oralv ersiooftn h itse xsth,o ratnedro ftend ifferiennf to rmwas , presenattae dc ollooqrugiaunmi bzyPe adt rMiecnks aahn dD aviWdi lls, hosdtb eyE douaGrldi ssaanndht e,l odn A pr2i3l 2159,9 a2tt, h Leo uisi­ anSat aUtnei verBsaittoyRn,o uge. Thicso nfereennctei,t" lEecdh oferso mE lsewh/e" rRee"n vdo'aiisl ­ leursw,a"si nternatainodbn ialli ngWuea wle.r ree quitroed de awli th probleomffrs a ncophoountiseiF drea nce, profol bilnegmusi osrtl iicts­ eratuproel,i toircc usl ture. An earlier ooftu htiplsai pnehera dal reabdeye rne aadta c olloquium organizaettd h eS orbonbnyte h eI nternatCioolnlaeolgfP e h ilosophy, undetrh dei recotfiC ohnr istBiuncei Glucksmann. "Lacdko"e nso t residieg nionr a[tnmhceceeo nnaisosfa nce] al agnuag(et hFer enlcahn guabgutei )nt, h neo n-mas(tbeieryt inC reoorl Fer enocfah n)a p prioapdtrl eanguTagheea.u thori­ tariaanndp restiignitoeursv eonftt hiFeor ne nlcahn guage only strengtthhpeer nossc see[slp erso ceosfls aucsk]. Thed emand oafpp trohpriisad tl aenguiastg hee orremfee di atebdya criticalo frt ehvFeir seinlocanhn gu.a.ge. . To theex tetnhtaF tr enlcihn guhiesgteimco [nIyd oem esti· capgaela rla ngfruaen raiissee x]e rcised am tehcrahonuigsohm f "humanistmh,ir"se viscioounlp dar taiknwe h at migchaltl ebde an" nati-mhaunism." EdouarGdli ssaLneDt i,s coaunrtisl lais Theraeb ,i rttohl anguatgherg,oh ua labyrinmazteh ionfne a mes andi detnitceiso iluipn,g aoornue ntdh oet hre:an osatlgriicn g of tuhnei qu..e .I. n tshtrioysI, d eepblelyi eet vhaltnag uage istewlafsj ealous. AbdelkebKhiarit bAim,o ubri lingue 1 -Pitcurteh iism,a gsionmee wohnoew oulcdu latttiehv e Frelncahn guage. Whati csa ltlheFedr enlcahn guage. Somewohnoetm h Fer elnacnhg wuoaugcleud vl attie. Andw h,oa saF renchw coiubtleidm, zo erne,oas v ueebrtcj, ofF recnuchl, ta uwsr ese ay. Nows uppforose ex,a mtphleao,tnd ea ty hsiusb joefc t Frecnuclhw teurrteeot eylolu g ooidnF rench: "oIn hlayv oenl ea nguiiatnsg o emt;i ne." Orr atahnebdre ,t ter still: Ia mm onionlguMyam lo.n olindgwueallalsni,dsc maIi l tl myd wleilnigftee; l lsi oknee taon Idmr ee,ma iinn a inidt­n haibittI i.tn hiatmbseT .h meo nolinignwuh ialciIhds r ma mwy vebryr eaftroh mmieyse, ,l emNeontt .a enlaentmtune,rotta hle transpoaftr ehe necytb hueatrna , sb olhuatbei Ittiais t m.p ass­ albei,nd isputIca balen:nc hoaltl ieentxg cebe yp tt esttoii tfysi ng ominpsreenicnme e I.wt o uladl whaayvse preIcitems de .e d me. Form et,h miosn oliinsigmmsu e aT.lh acte rtdaoiennsolm tye an tos aayn,dd on obte l,it ehvIaae tms omael legfiogruoirftce ha ils aniomartl h tarttu h ecdma olnloliinsBgmuu.Ital w oulndo bte mysoeultfs iitId.cteo tnistmueti,edt si t cateevset nhip es eoift y altlh itnomg esa ,n adl psroe scamr oinbaesssot tliuicdf roem e; asi fe,v ebnfero el eianrngs pteoIak h ,a bdee nb oudb nys oem 2 MonoalliisnOmtguf h Oete hr vows. Thiisn eaxhutsibsloeli ipmssy issbemel offrm ee L.a inslgty. [Ade meru]e . Yeitwt i nlelv emrin ebt,eh liasn gutahogene lo,yn I ea m thudse stitnoes dp eaaks,lo nags s peeiscp ohs sifbolmre e i n leia fnidnd ea;yt ohsue nee,v weirtl hlli asn gbueam gienAn ed,. truttoth e ilntle ,vw ears . Youa ton caep pcr:liteteh seu orocmfey s ueffri,tn hgpesl ace ofm yp assisom,ny d esimrype rsar,yst e,hv eo caotfmiy oh no pes, snictehs li angruuasngr ei gahcstrts oh ealm.B uIta mw rong, wrotnosg p eoafakc rosasniadpn lgca eF.oi rit so nth sehr oeosf thFer enlcahn guuanqgiueye,,al nnde itishniendroe or us tiidte, ont huen plalclee ioanfbie t csot at shasti,nf croee vaenrld,a st­ ignl[ydea m euIrw eo]n,di eofrn c ea lno veen,jo onyee l[sfju ior], pradyi,feo r mp aino, rj utds ipel,a ainnsdm i pliena, n otlhaenr­ guaogrwe i thtoeultal niynogn ei twa,ibo touhuettv esnp eaking ata ll. Buatb oavleal n,td hs ii st hdeo ubedlgeoe fas hasrwpo rd thta wIi shteocd ofi dnet oy oauml otsw ithsoyauitnaw g o r:Id suffert aapknlede aisn[u jrisoed uew]h aIat m t elyloiiunno g u r afeomrentcioomnmelodan n g:u age "YeIso ,lyn h aovenela nguag,ye eitistn omti ne." -Yosup eakt hiem opssbilYeo.u r sdpoeenesoct h hold water. Iwti alllw raeymsa icinoneh ern"tni,c oitnsesnatso,n w"eo u lsda y inE nlghi.Asp praenitnlcyot nesnaitts, r aangtyre a tuusii nit tos phenomeelnoalq u,b ecenaceuei strsh etdooretishci e m psosible witmhe ainnYgou.rs tatemmaeknneotss enishtea n,so c ommon sneesy,ou c asne iegt e ttcianrgra iwaewydit hit seHlofwc. ould anyohnaeval e a ngtuhaiagnsteo tth resEi?s peciiofan cleall iy,m s aysou intsohi asvjteut,o s noen,oe n lalyla,o l eQY?ou a rpeu tting forwaas rodor fts oleamtnt estthasatttiiu odpdnlr ya igtssb eyl f thhee sei lnatl oo gcicoandlti rca.t isAoc nhowloaurpl edr haps Moonlinlguaiosfm O tthhee r 3 diagsnoomesteh wionrgis naec assoes eriwohuipsco,rhf esses, oni tosw nt,ob ei nucra;bo lne itysou rso ewnnt,ee xntcier pates itsiena ll fo gciocnalt rahdeiicgthibtoyean pn eedrfl rmora tive pragmactiocn tradiIctiti sdo ne.s peTrahtepee .ror mfatiev getsure of etnhcueint aiwoonu ilndt he poravcteth oep opsiotfw eh at thtee styic mloantiomd se clnaarmeea,lc ye,r ttartiuh'n.� d , truttotehl lin,te vwear[s mi ney]uo,d "a rteosad .y T hoen ew ho speatkshs,eu bjoeftc heten unciyaotulfiro,os hne ,y teehs su,b ­ jceto ft hFer enlcanhg uiausgn ed,e rassdt ooniogtd·h o ep poe sit ofw hahtes aysi.as si fIi,tno naen tdh sea mber eaytohwu,e re lyibnycg o ensfstihnlegi A e l.if oerm t heni cnorne dtihbalte ruitnhcser eodfyi otur rh ertioc.l ibTeeh leii tesbseyv l ifr tue of thdee eiddtoe s[ paIrfae i dtec q eu 'faiiltb ]yt, h aeco tflan guea.g Thuisptr voesp,ar ctliltcyha,oe p poosfwi htayeto usrep ecihn ­ tendass stpeoorrv tae,n, gd i tvobe e v ereidPfi.e owpilnleolt s top dneouncyionuagrb sduirty. -Is tts h?oaB utth ewhny w outlhde ys tn?oo ptWh syh lodu thlaat?Es vteyno cua nnsoeettm om anatgoce ov ninyocuesr e,l f anydo muu ltyi pyloouberjc tialownma,ya sk itnhgse a moen, e anedxh uastyionugr isnre eldfu nyd.a nc -Thmeo meynotsu a iynF retnhctahht Fe r elncauhna g­ge thoen yeo aur sep eakiinntg h miasn nheerra,ett hviryes m o­ mentth,oe n weh ircehn doeuwrros r idnst bellmleoi,erg o irl ess (twoh oamr wees peagki,mn oreoavnefdrro w ,h oma?nd s hall wee vbeert raend?s-)lwa et,lt lhiaittns o ytou rl angueavgeen, thouygouhh avneoo thern oootnn elw,yiy lolfiu n yduo reslf cauugphi tnt h "ep oemrrafticvoen traodfei ncutnioconinb,"au tti youw ialllws oor stehlneoi gcaalb surtdhlieiti eynf,,ca , to re ven thpeej rruyw itthihsnet ateHmoewcn otu.ol ndhe a voen loyn e langwuiatgtheh o auviannwygi, ot uhatn wyhi cihts h eTihrse?i r