Writing is not secondary to speech; it is constitutive of la... - Jacques Derrida

"Writing is not secondary to speech; it is constitutive of language itself and must be recognized as such."

Jacques Derrida Literature

Philosopher, Deconstructionist French-Algerian 1930–2004

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