Complexity, deconstruction and relativism

Theory, Culture and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Cilliers, Paul ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Complexity; Deconstruction; Derrida; Limits of knowledge; Performative contradiction; Relativism

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944483754     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276405058052     Document Type: Review

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