Questions tagged [deconstruction]
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Is Kurt Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem a "cheap trick"?
I found a throw-away critique of Kurt Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem in an essay about Deconstruction:
The basic enterprise of contemporary literary criticism is actually quite simple.
It is based on the observation that with a sufficient amount…
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What does "il n'y a pas de hors-texte" mean in philosophy and literary criticism?
Does the phrase "il n'y a pas de hors-texte" amount to the same thing in literary criticism and philosophy?
There's a lot of bad google hits on this phrase, and I haven't read On Grammatology [p158] cover-to-cover. It seems to me that though,…
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What is the difference between Derrida's Deconstruction and Heidegger's Destruktion?
Derrida's deconstruction, as far as I understand it, is to critically examine values as embodied in binary situations like signifier and signified where there is an implicit hierarchy of value - one term is dominant, the other is submissive. These…
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How does logocentrism entail metaphysics of presence?
Various definitions and explanations of logocentrism, in general and in context of Derrida in particular, seem to be either incomprehensible or logically invalid. The narrowest definition states that logocentrism is a belief that there are thoughts…
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Why did Jacques Derrida call his theory "deconstruction"?
Deconstruction literally should mean "destroying something" or "tearing something apart" or something like that—something that is opposite to "construction". Why he has chosen this term for his text analysis approach? Seems to me that his approach…
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How does deconstruction differ from post-structuralism?
Derrida states that his use of the word deconstruction
first took place in a context in which "structuralism was dominant" and its use is related to this context. Derrida states that deconstruction is an "antistructuralist gesture" because…
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Where does Derrida say that deconstruction and the existence of or belief in God are incompatible?
I am searching for a text I've since lost that I believe is a transcription of a conversation between someone and Derrida. The context may have been Heidegger's particular conception of philosophy and its incompatibility with the existence of /…
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What is the definition of Derrida's term "dissemination"?
Derrida is hard to sum up but can someone define his notion of "dissemination" or does anyone know a good passage where he defines it? I know that Derrida writes on dissemination and has an original theory of it but I haven't encountered it in the…
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What are the differences between postmodernism, post-structuralism and deconstruction?
I know they can be used interchangeably, but in the spirit of structuralism, what are the differences between them?
From Postmodernism - Wikipedia, I think that postmodernism and post-structuralism are basically the same, and are used when you want…
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What were Jacques Derrida's most important ideas?
I've been studying Sociology for a few years, and am coming up on modern theory: post-structuralism, deconstruction etc. I've read a bit of it, but the ideas often seem somewhat removed from everyday experience and pragmatism.
What I'm wondering…
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How can one argue against absolute Relativism while being a Postmodernist?
A common criticism of postmodernism by the misunderstood and its opponents is that postmodernism justifies absolute moral relativism. I.e The claim that any claim is as true or good as any other, thus negating science, religion or any ethics…
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Does structuralism have preference for thinking through structures?
Structuralism states we are governed by narrow cultural structures.
I believe post-modernism and post-structuralism acknowledge the existence of this structures as well.
Is the difference in the attitude towards the structure? Like post-modernism…
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Do followers of Lyotard consider modernism deconstructive?
Do followers of Lyotard consider modernism deconstructive? I ask only because I've read that
Furthermore, says Lyotard, a work can become modern only if it is
first postmodern, for postmodernism is not modernism at its end but in
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Any deconstruction or "after theory" texts related specifically to poetry?
A friend is badgering me to read, and claimed that there would be some works of deconstruction and "after theory" (I have no idea what this means) "related specifically to poetry".
I've read a book and a half of primers, by Derrida, by Lacan, by…
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A question about the meaning of the term "metaphysics of presence"
In the term metaphysics of presence does presence refer to a physical presence or a presence of time?
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