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- ''For the approach to post-modern architecture, see Deconstructivism; for other uses, see Deconstruction (disambiguation)
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.
The difficulty in defining deconstruction
The problems of definition
The term deconstruction in the context of Western philosophy is highly resistant to formal definition. Martin Heidegger was perhaps the first to use the term (in contrast to Nietzschean demolition), although the form we recognize in English is an element in a series of translations (from Heidegger's Abbau and Destruktion to Jacques Derrida's déconstruction), and it has been explored by others, including Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Paul de Man, Jonathan Culler, Barbara Johnson, J. Hillis Miller, Jean-François Lyotard, and Geoffrey Bennington. More on [ Deconstruction ]
@idlemichael Just watched it. What a fantastic piece of drama. Like a modern Sleeping In the Light/Deconstruction of Falling Stars.
campfireburning (campfireburning) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:55:15 -0000
@idlemichael Just watched it. What a fantastic piece of drama. Like a modern Sleeping In the Light/Deconstruction of Falling Stars.
Xbox Live: rk1 badcandy is currently Online. Joinable - Playing BF: Bad Company. Ranked Gold Rush: Deconstruction. (Xbox Live Nation)
FunkySweets (Candy ) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:05:54 -0000
Xbox Live: rk1 badcandy is currently Online. Joinable - Playing BF: Bad Company. Ranked Gold Rush: Deconstruction. (Xbox Live Nation)
Installed three sign board things around community today with info about safe building and deconstruction after an earthquake. It was fun.
travoholic (travoholic) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:00:09 -0000
Installed three sign board things around community today with info about safe building and deconstruction after an earthquake. It was fun.
RT @LuisaViaRoma @asvof great Haider Ackerman article in Zoo Mag, we love his draped deconstruction and fab boots! http://bit.ly/10PqpY
clothes_pony (samantha lewis) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:36:02 -0000
RT @LuisaViaRoma @asvof great Haider Ackerman article in Zoo Mag, we love his draped deconstruction and fab boots! http://bit.ly/10PqpY
@asvof great Haider Ackerman article, http://bit.ly/Vy5no in Zoo Mag, we love his draped deconstruction and fab boots! http://bit.ly/10PqpY
luisaviaroma (LUISAVIAROMA.COM) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:29:58 -0000
@asvof great Haider Ackerman article, http://bit.ly/Vy5no in Zoo Mag, we love his draped deconstruction and fab boots! http://bit.ly/10PqpY
I favorited a YouTube video -- Deconstruction of a Hyundai Genesis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlOhflubsII&feature=autoshare_twitter
sgtpikachu (Dan Ross) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:03:27 -0000
I favorited a YouTube video -- Deconstruction of a Hyundai Genesis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlOhflubsII&feature=autoshare_twitter
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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