At the end of this essay, the author groups himself among those who turn their eyes away from the birth of a "formless, mute, infant, and terrifying form of monstrosity.
At the end of this essay, the author groups himself among those who turn their eyes away from the birth of a "formless, mute, infant, and terrifying form of monstrosity." The author of this essay begins by noting that something has occurred which could be called an "event," if that word were not suspected and reduced by the school of thought he challenges. This essay cites two passages from Claude Levi-Strauss's "Introduction to the Work of Marcel Mauss" to illustrate the divergent meanings of the "supplementarity" produced by the third title concept, the free substitution of signi炬ers. The controversial presentation of this essay at a 1966 conference at Johns Hopkins launched the post-structuralist movement, and it was later collected as the penultimate essay in Writing and Di ference. For 10 points, name this seminal essay outlining some principles of deconstruction by Jacques Derrida.
At the end of this essay, the author groups himself among those who turn their eyes away from the birth of a "formless, mute, infant, and terrifying form of monstrosity.
Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences" [or "La Structure, le Signe, et le Jeu dans le Discours des Sciences Humaines"]