Why is West Logocentric, according to Derrida?
Why is West Logocentric, according to Derrida?
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West is logocentric because it has a central position and it is the authority of truth. Derrida investigates the Western notion of truth. He says that the Western truth is concerned with presence and absence. Derrida argues that Western thinking is binary.
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