“If there when Grace dances, I should dance.”
Starting with Auden to explain my purpose in quoting Derrida earlier. My interest was in the word “performative” that he used. Derrida marks this off, making it clear his reference is to Speech Act Theory and its emphasis on the performative nature of some kinds of speech, But my interest was in the connection to the greatest speech act of history, according to Genesis: the Creation. “Performative” is the voice of command in grammar. It is the second person, the implied “you” that directs ano
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