Monolingualism of the Other: or, The Prosthesis of Origin (Cultural Memory in the Present)

by Jacques Derrida (Author), Patrick Mensah (Translator)

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  1998

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  I have but one language-yet that language is not mine. This book intertwines theoretical reflection with historical and cultural particularity to enunciate, then analyze this conundrum in terms of the distinguished author's own relationship to the French language. Its argument touches on several issues relevant to the current debates on multiculturalism.