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Who introduced the poststructural point of view to American scholars in 1966?
Who introduced the poststructural point of view to American scholars in 1966?
Jacques Derrida
What did Jacques Derrida assert about the notion of a systemic structure?
What did Jacques Derrida assert about the notion of a systemic structure?
It presupposes a 'center' that serves to organize and regulate the structure yet itself 'escapes structurality.'
According to Derrida, what is all of Western thinking?
According to Derrida, what is all of Western thinking?
'Logocentric' or dependent on the notion of a self-certifying foundation, or absolute, or essence, or ground, which is ever needed but never present.
Name one of the Poststructuralist contemporary thinkers mentioned in the text.
Name one of the Poststructuralist contemporary thinkers mentioned in the text.
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What did Poststructuralism emerge as a reaction against?
What did Poststructuralism emerge as a reaction against?
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