Derrida replaces the fixed sign of Saussure "with chains of signs in which meaning is produced via the dual strategies of difference and deferral" (Weedon) Signifiers only have identity in their difference from one another, and are subject to an endless process of deferral. The light receeds that was never there. Mirrors upon mirrors.

(Covell & Zen)

Connects to:
Simulacrum Theory of the Sign