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1、JacquesDerrida,1“Structure,Sign,andPlayintheDiscourseoftheHumanSciences”(1970)Perhapssomethinghasoccurredinthehistoryoftheconceptofstructurethatcouldbecalledan“event,”ifthisloadedworddidnotentailameaningwhichitispreciselythefunctionofstructural—orstructurality—t
2、houghttoreduceortosuspect.Butletmeusetheterm“event”anyway,employingitwithcautionandasifinquotationmarks.Inthissense,thiseventwillhavetheexteriorformofaruptureandaredoubling.Itwouldbeeasyenoughtoshowthattheconceptofstructureandeventheword“structure”itselfareasold
3、astheepistémé—thatistosay,asoldaswesternscienceandwesternphilosophy—andthattheirrootsthrustdeepintothesoilofordinarylanguage,intowhosedeepestrecessestheepistéméplungestogatherthemtogetheroncemore,makingthempartofitselfinametaphoricaldisplacement.Nevertheless,upu
4、ntiltheeventwhichIwishtomarkoutanddefine,structure-orratherthestructuralityofstructure—althoughithasalwaysbeeninvolved,hasalwaysbeenneutralizedorreduced,andthisbyaprocessofgivingitacenterorreferringittoapointofpresence,afixedorigin.Thefunctionofthiscenterwasnoto
5、nlytoorient;balance,andorganizethestructure—onecannotinfactconceiveofanunorganizedstructure—butabovealltomakesurethattheorganizingprincipleofthestructurewouldlimitwhatwemightcallthefreeplayofthestructure.Nodoubtthatbyorientingandorganizingthecoherenceofthesystem
6、,thecenterofastructurepermitsthefreeplayofitselementsinsidethetotalform.Andeventodaythenotionofastructurelackinganycenterrepresentstheunthinkableitself.Nevertheless,thecenteralsoclosesoffthefreeplayitopensupandmakespossible.Quacenter,itisthepointatwhichthesubsti
7、tutionofcontents,elements,ortermsisnolongerpossible.Atthecenter,thepermutationorthetransformationofelements(whichmayofcoursebestructuresenclosedwithinastructure)isforbidden.Atleastthispermutationhasalways2remainedinterdicted(Iusethisworddeliberately).Thusithasal
8、waysbeenthoughtthatthecenter,whichisbydefinitionunique,constitutedthatverythingwithinastructurewhichgovernsthestructure,whileescapingstructurality.Thisiswhyclassicalt
