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| - | {{Template}}'''''Différance''''' is a [[French language|French]] [[neologism]] coined by [[Jacques Derrida]] and [[homophone|homophonous]] with the word "différence." ''Différance'' plays on the fact that the French word ''différer'' means both "to defer" and "to differ." Derrida first articulated the thought of ''différance'' in his discussion on [[Edmund Husserl]] in ''Speech and Phenomena''. This was then elaborated in various other works, notably in his essay "Différance" and in various interviews collected in ''Positions''. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''''Différance''''' is a [[French language|French]] [[neologism]] coined by [[Jacques Derrida]] and [[homophone|homophonous]] with the word "différence." ''Différance'' plays on the fact that the French word ''différer'' means both "to defer" and "to differ." Derrida first articulated the thought of ''différance'' in his discussion on [[Edmund Husserl]] in ''Speech and Phenomena''. This was then elaborated in various other works, notably in his essay "Différance" and in various interviews collected in ''Positions''. | ||
| In the essay "Différance" Derrida indicates that ''différance'' gestures at a number of heterogeneous features which govern the production of textual meaning. The first (relating to deferral) is the notion that words and signs can never fully summon forth what they mean, but can only be defined through appeal to additional words, from which they differ. Thus, meaning is forever "deferred" or postponed through an endless chain of signifiers. The second (relating to difference, sometimes referred to as ''espacement'' or "spacing") concerns the force which differentiates elements from one another and, in so doing, engenders binary oppositions and hierarchies which underpin meaning itself. | In the essay "Différance" Derrida indicates that ''différance'' gestures at a number of heterogeneous features which govern the production of textual meaning. The first (relating to deferral) is the notion that words and signs can never fully summon forth what they mean, but can only be defined through appeal to additional words, from which they differ. Thus, meaning is forever "deferred" or postponed through an endless chain of signifiers. The second (relating to difference, sometimes referred to as ''espacement'' or "spacing") concerns the force which differentiates elements from one another and, in so doing, engenders binary oppositions and hierarchies which underpin meaning itself. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Critical theory]] | ||
| + | *[[Deconstruction]] | ||
| + | *[[Jacques Derrida]] | ||
| + | *[[Semiotics]] | ||
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Différance is a French neologism coined by Jacques Derrida and homophonous with the word "différence." Différance plays on the fact that the French word différer means both "to defer" and "to differ." Derrida first articulated the thought of différance in his discussion on Edmund Husserl in Speech and Phenomena. This was then elaborated in various other works, notably in his essay "Différance" and in various interviews collected in Positions.
In the essay "Différance" Derrida indicates that différance gestures at a number of heterogeneous features which govern the production of textual meaning. The first (relating to deferral) is the notion that words and signs can never fully summon forth what they mean, but can only be defined through appeal to additional words, from which they differ. Thus, meaning is forever "deferred" or postponed through an endless chain of signifiers. The second (relating to difference, sometimes referred to as espacement or "spacing") concerns the force which differentiates elements from one another and, in so doing, engenders binary oppositions and hierarchies which underpin meaning itself.
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