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Grammatology
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A term used by Jacques Derrida to describe a science of the written
sign as an entity in itself. Antiphonocentric (that is, refusing to privilege
speech over writing) and antilogocentric (that is, refusing to look for
a "presence," or "ultimate referent," for any reality
extrinsic to language), grammatology sees writing as a free play of signifiers.
(See also Deconstruction.)
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