Антропология и деконструкция: Сосюр, Дерида и интерпретирането на езиковия знак
Anthropology and Deconstruction: Saussure, Derrida, and the Interpretation of Linguistic Sign

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents some of the consequences of the arbitrariness of the linguistic sign - first presented almost a century ago by the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913). The distinctions that he made are compared to the ones by another very influential figure of the past century, French philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004). It is argued that this notion of the arbitrariness has significant consequences for anthropology and the social and human sciences in general, as it forms a firm foundation for questioning of the dominant narratives. It is also argued that the scholars from the “developing countries” can successfully employ this strategy in getting their voices and their opinions present in the international scholarship.

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