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#deconstruction
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Deconstruction is not “anything goes”, and its critics should stop saying it is
Every few months someone in a thread like this one says that Derrida licensed readers to make texts mean whatever they like. I want to argue that this is a caricature, and that it mostly comes from one misquoted sentence. The sentence…
Started by Martín Roldán5 replies241 views -
What does Derrida’s différance actually claim about meaning?
I teach the terminale philosophy class in a Dakar lycée. Every year one or two bright students discover Derrida online and come to class announcing that “there is nothing outside the text”, which they take to mean that nothing is real except…
Started by Khady Faye4 replies140 views