The term 'Remainder' was first used by:
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Correct answer: C. Jacques Derrida
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Derrida's 'remainder' (restance) names what escapes any closed system of meaning — the leftover that makes every sign repeatable and every structure incomplete (see 'Signature Event Context' and Glas). Agamben's 'remnant' (Remnants of Auschwitz, 1998) comes later and belongs to political theology.
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