In Derrida's usage, what does 'bricolage' mean?
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Correct answer: A. Borrowing concepts from different sources and adapting them to one's needs
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In 'Structure, Sign, and Play' (1966) Derrida takes Lévi-Strauss's bricoleur, who uses whatever tools are at hand, and argues that every discourse is bricolage, since no concept has a pure origin.
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