...signifiers and signifieds from which they emerge. As Derrida puts it, "Thus, it has always been thought that the center, which is by definition unique, constituted...paradoxically, within the structure and outside it" (1978, 279). The idea of a center is not peculiar to structuralism; it has a legacy in Western philosophy....

...1960's. Its resonances with the question of European culture are clear: It has always been thought that the center, which is by definition unique, constituted...center is, paradoxically, within the structure and oiitssde it. The center is at the center of the totality, and yet, since the center does not belong...

...substitution of contents, elements, or terms is no longer possible. . . . Thus it has always been thought that the center, which is by definition unique, constituted that very thing within a structure which governs the structure, while escaping structurality. This is why classical thought concerning the structure...

...the Discourse of the Human Sciences" (1966), he suggests that it "has always been thought that [this] center, which is by definition unique, constituted that very thing within a structure which governs the structure, while escaping structurality." Derrida's baroque, often impenetrable, style...

...a "structure lacking any center" is itself unthinkable. He writes: It has always been thought that the center, which is by definition unique, constituted...yet, since the center does not belong to the totality (is not part of the totality), the totality has its center elsewhere. The center is not the center....

...remained interdicted (and I am using this word deliberately). Thus it has always been thought that the center, which is by definition unique, constituted...structure which while governing the structure, escapes structurally. This is why classical thought concerning structure could say that the center is, paradoxically,...

...has always remained interdicted(l use this word deliberately). Thus it has always been thought that the center, which is by definition unique, constituted that very thing within a structure which governs the structure, while escaping structurally. This is why classical thought concerning structure...

...least this permutation has always remained interdicted [...]. Thus it has always been thought that the center, which is by definition unique, constituted...structure which, while governing the structure, escapes structural ity. This is why classical thought concerning structure could say that the center is, paradoxically,...

...form. . . . Nevertheless, the center also closes off the play which it opens and makes possible.... The center is at the center of the totality, and yet, since the center does not belong to the totality (is not part of the totality), the totality has its center elsewhere. The center is [thus] not the...

...total, ie, technological, rule over the earth. — MARTIN HEIDEGGER, "The Age of the World Picture" The center is at the center of the totality, and yet, since the center does not belong to the totality (is not part of the totality), the totality has its center elsewhere The concept of centered structure...