Deconstruction

Edward Said, M.-R. Logan, Eugenio Donato, et al (essay date fall 1979)


Edward Said, M.-R. Logan, Eugenio Donato, et al (essay date fall 1979)

SOURCE: Said, Edward, M.-R. Logan, Eugenio Donato, et al. “An Exchange on Deconstruction and History.” boundary 2 8, no. 1 (fall 1979): 65-74.

[In the following conversation following a presentation, Said, Logan, Donato, and others discuss some theoretical implications of deconstruction for the study of history.]

EDWARD Said:
I'm sorry, I'm not sure that I can be as brief as you would like, because I have a number of things to say on what both of the speakers...

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