The archive is constitutive of the event it claims to merely... - Jacques Derrida

"The archive is constitutive of the event it claims to merely record."

Jacques Derrida History

Philosopher, Deconstructionist French-Algerian 1930–2004

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"There is no outside text."

"Writing is the dangerous supplement."

"The future is not something to be predicted, but to be invented."

"Deconstruction is not destruction."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."