Decentering

Derrida's radical concept of Deconstruction attacks all notions of center, origin and totality. He challenges all concepts of western metaphysics as well.Derrida says that centre-seeking tendency began to be questioned from Nietzsche who declared the 'Death of God'.

 Derrida,  primarily attacks structuralism. He considers that the concept of centre is not essential; hence center is under eraser. Center is no longer needed to form a structure. Derrida, in fact, is not suggesting on the abandonment of the idea of center, but rather he acknowledges that it is the illusion and constructed. He talks about the binaries of structuralism which are in hierarchical order, in which the first term is priviledge over the other. These binaries are not true representations of external reality, rather are simply constructions. Any signified is not fixed. Signified also seeks meaning. When it seeks meaning it becomes signifier. So, there is chain of signifiers, there is no constant existance of signified. It means, there is no centre, no margin, and no totality. As a result, meaning is not determined in the text.