Psychoanalysis, particularly the work of Sigmund Freud, has been a significant influence on deconstruction. Freud's ideas about the unconscious mind, repression, and the return of the repressed inform Derrida's notion of "the trace.".
Psychoanalysis, particularly the work of Sigmund Freud, has been a significant influence on deconstruction. Freud's ideas about the unconscious mind, repression, and the return of the repressed inform Derrida's notion of "the trace.".