Derrida’s différance is an unknowable absolute in the German idealist tradition

Evidence

Schelling, however, believed that the absolute could be grasped intuitively; Derrida, by contrast, relies on the endless play of signifiers to provide us with an intimation of différance, though no more than that, because of the necessarily metaphysical nature of language. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 312

Categorization

• XREF: Links Derrida back to Schelling and the German idealist absolute — key connection for building the case against postmodernism’s purported novelty. — connects to: Difference does not necessarily imply hostility or fixed oppositional essences — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 879; German idealism first introduced the creativity of thought into philosophy — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1242

Broader Connections

• Difference does not necessarily imply hostility or fixed oppositional essences #qualifies (0.75) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 879
• German idealism first introduced the creativity of thought into philosophy #expands (0.72) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1242