vorite thinkers. But by the end of the sixties, Derrida’s concern
with tradition was beginning to appear old-fashioned. In the
midst of the storm, the metaphysics of the great philosophers
seemed to many to be less relevant to the fate of the West than
Mao’s little red book, Che’s aphorisms or, for that matter,
Jimi’s screaming guitar.
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