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There is nothing outside the text (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠simply the idea that there is nothing outside of context and nothing outside of an incessant movement of context's recontextualization.

There is nothing outside the text (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a way of saying that the notion of a 'pure speech' autonomous from the activity of writing is as senseless as suggesting that one could have 'meaning' outside of culture.

There is nothing outside the text (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠merely a way of saying that nothing can be conceived without relation to something else.

There is nothing outside the text (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that nothing lies outside its context (i.e. The history of objectivity, subjectivity, ethics, and truth).

There is nothing outside the text (n.) means ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that even Rousseau's 'real' mother and Thérèse reach us only as writing, chains of supplements; there is no bare life behind the Confessions for the reader to step out to.