Derrida Enunciates the Principles of Deconstruction
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Language, Linguistics, Philology
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, French History
- Geographical Location: Paris
- Date: 1967
Article abstract: Jacques Derrida launched an assault on what he viewed as the untenable linguistic underpinnings of all Western thought, thereby unfolding a “deconstructive” critique of rationalism and humanism.
Summary of Event
With the publication of the English edition of De la grammatologie (1967; Of Grammatology) in 1976, “deconstruction” catapulted into prominence on the highbrow American cultural scene, and by the 1980’s the term had spread into the lexicon of journalism and popular culture. The French philosophy professor...
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