“I would say that deconstruction is affirmation rather than questioning, in a sense which is not positive: I would distinguish between the positive, or positions, and affirmations. I think that deconstruction is affirmative rather than questioning: this affirmation goes through some radical questioning, but it is not questioning in the field of analysis.”
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Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida (July 15, 1930 - October 9, 2004) was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. His deconstructive philosophy had a profound impact on postmodernism, cultural studies, and literary theory. more
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