Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) : Assertion (A): Deconstructive reading is apolitical. Reason (R): Because it focuses exclusively on language. It primarily holds that all texts or linguistic structures contain within them a principle of destabilisation and hence it is difficult to pin down meaning. Such a reading, therefore, is unable to assign historical agency. In this context of above statements, identify which one of the following is correct?

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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason <br /> (R) : <br /> Assertion (A): Deconstructive reading is apolitical.<br /> Reason (R): Because it focuses exclusively on language. It primarily holds that all texts or linguistic structures contain within them a principle of destabilisation and hence it is difficult to pin down meaning. Such a reading, therefore, is unable to assign historical agency.<br /> In this context of above statements, identify which one of the following is correct?