The term deconstruction was coined by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in the 1960s and is used in contemporary humanities and social sciences to denote a philosophy of meaning that deals with the ways that meaning is constructed by writers, texts, and readers and understood by readers. One way of understanding the term is that it involves discovering, recognizing, and understanding the underlying — and unspoken and implicit — assumptions, ideas, and frameworks that form the basis for thought and belief. It has various shades of meaning in different areas of study and discussion, and is, by its very nature, difficult to define without depending on "un-deconstructed" concepts.

Deconstruction on the Net - a reference resource for theory, philosophy, deconstruction, by Peter Krapp. Including a rare interview with Derrida.
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Deconstruction: Some Assumptions - John Lye with a summary of the assumptions made by Derrida.
Foreign Body - A deconstructive fanzine edited by Peter Krapp.
How to do Deconstruction - Warren Hedges of Southern Oregon University English Dept. explains how to use deconstruction to astonish friends confound enemies.
Morningstar, Chip - How To Deconstruct Almost Anything - An article on the art of literary and philisophical deconstruction.
Paul de Man Bibliography - Texts by and about Paul de Man, arranged chronologically by year of publication.
Presidential Lectures: Jacques Derrida - A guide to deconstructionism from Stanford University.
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