Derrida's Deconstruction Explained: Of Grammatology & Why Nothing Means What You Think
Jacques Derrida argued that meaning is never fixed — it's always deferred, always slipping. Of Grammatology challenged the entire Western philosophical tradition by showing that writing isn't secondary to speech, and that our concepts are built on hidden hierarchies.
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Topics covered:
• What is deconstruction?
• Of Grammatology: speech vs. writing
• Logocentrism and the metaphysics of presence
• Différance
• Why Derrida is so controversial — and so important
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