What was the main focus of Derrida's philosophy?
Deconstruction
Existentialism
Utilitarianism
Stoicism
Answer
Jacques Derrida's philosophy mainly focused on deconstruction, which he developed through close readings of linguistics and phenomenology. Deconstruction is a critical approach that seeks to expose the underlying assumptions and contradictions in a text.
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