Literary History: Interpretation inside out?

The Invention of Deconstruction

“…These problems are raised by Parker's 'Taking Sides on History' (Diacritics September 1981) and by others, like Christie McDonald, who recognize that no theory of history as such can be extracted from Derrida: 'Derrida opts for a complex concept of history that cannot be conceived in linear terms, and in doing so, he raises the question of primary definitions: what is it that we call history?' (McDonald 1981).…”