History is, in a sense, a story about us viewing ourselves. Why does the "Subject" matter? Because the Subject is our history -a story, a narrative about ourselves. For many centuries we have understood to use this concept to describe a relationship between us and the world, to ponder epistemological, metaphysical or ethical questions. But now, in postmodern times, we came to see the "Subject" as it is: a narrative, a structure of culture and language created by us to be used. Through the

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... is of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" we open up a way to regain this insight, we open a road which shows this narrative in its narrative-ness and through this opening up a deconstruction of the history of philosophy.