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logocentrism
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lo·go·cen·trism  (lg-sntrzm)
n.
1. A structuralist method of analysis, especially of literary works, that focuses upon words and language to the exclusion of non-linguistic matters, such as an author's individuality or historical context.
2. Excessive attention paid to the meanings of words or distinctions in their usage.

logo·centric adj.
logo·centrist n. & adj.


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The Scriptorium pursues a logocentric historical narrative, foregrounding literary traditions and the sacralization of the Bible itself, all the while carefully avoiding the story of Christianity's own history and tradition of cultic worship.
The choice of painting over writing further develops the opposition between a logocentric cultural perspective and an alternative approach to interpreting reality.
Much of this inadequacy I would attribute to the fact that these traditions rely in various ways on the privileging of speech over writing and the opposition between nature and culture that Derrida identifies as crucial components of logocentric thought.
 
 
 
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