Jacques DerridaThinkers

911 (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an event referred to by a simple date on the calendar because of the uncertainty of what happened there and the powerlessness of language to label the attack.

911 (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠major only if unforeseen — if it were predictable, as one might claim, then it was not a major event but merely induced an impression of a major event.

911 (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the symptom of an autoimmune crisis. It is a vicious circle of repression whereby, like being attacked by the afghanis that we armed, the very defensive mechanism supposed to protect the organism from external aggression has turned against it.

Absence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a genuine absence and not merely an absence of what is present even if what is present is truly absent... it is rather the absence of both absence and presence.

Absence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not derivative of presence, but instead presence is derivative of absence.

Absence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the space in which humankind creates itself as the representation of representation, as the possibility of writing.