Problem
Deconstruction
Other Names:
Deconstructionist criticism Nature:
Deconstructionist criticism, a powerful intellectual movement of the 1970's (particularly in America), is a method by which scholars analyze given cultural "texts". These texts may include anything from sonnets to television programmes to cereal boxes. Particularly in the realm of literature and film, deconstruction is an analysis of what earlier critics thought to be textual meaning. The deconstructionist's basic objective is to divest a text in order to expose its elitist, anti-feminist and otherwise unpopular presuppositions. As the unpopularity of certain ideologies may shift with the time, fashion and the words to describe them, so may criticism of a given text. Thus, the meaning of such a text is based on an individual's perception and reaction to it at any moment in time, as meaning is never permanent. Deconstruction aims to expose contradiction in the very idea of meaning of a text.
Broader Problems:
CriticismObscurantismPostmodernismUnethical intellectual practicesUnethical practices in education Related Problems:
DisintegrationCorruption of meaningFragmentationist ideologyDiscriminatory use of languageConspiracy theories Dismissal of past cultural achievements Aggravates:
CynicismUncertaintyHarmful thoughtLinguistic elitismEducational elitismAnalytical stagnationInappropriate argumentsOver-reliance on convenient beliefsIncomprehensibility of specialized jargon Reduces:
PropagandaMedia illiteracyBiased literatureExploitative filmsExploitative commercial televisionInappropriate assumption of reality articulation through language Reduced By:
Exclusion of opposing viewsReferences:
Elam, Diane: Feminism and Deconstruction: Ms en AbymeSilverman, Hugh J: Derrida and DeconstructionLehman, David: Signs of the Times: deconstruction and the fall of Paul de ManSilverman, Hugh J: Textualities: between hermeneutics and deconstruction Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
15.10.2020 – 18:12 CEST