Saturday, August 21, 2010

History

History in and of itself conveys the motif of a final repression of difference

--A slight re-configuration of Derrida's words from his essay: "Différance"

3 comments:

  1. 'If the word "history" did not in and of itself convey the motif of a final repression of difference, one could say that only differences can be "historical" from the outset and in each of their aspects.'

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  2. I think the "if" is probably important here. :-)

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