Deconstruction as deconstruction of humanisms in Derrida

Writing and Difference (1967)

Abstract

The article proposes to present the movement of deconstruction of humanism in Derrida in Writing and difference. I start from an exegetical work, following the occurrences of the term “humanism” in the aforementioned work, with the aim of determining its different uses and in what senses Derridian deconstruction should be understood, in his first writings, as a deconstruction of humanism. To this end, my analysis was dedicated to three central texts in the previously mentioned book: Violence et métaphysique, essai sur la pensée d’Emmanuel Lévinas; La parole souflée; La structure, le signe, le jeu dans le discours des Sciences Humaines.