Deconstruction Basics
Deconstruction Basics
The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Deconstruction
Beginnings
Deconstruction got started in France, where the Algerian-born Derrida
began blowing people's minds in the sixties. He had those razor-sharp reading skills, some insane book sma...
Big Players
Jackie D is to deconstruction what Freud is to psychoanalysis: the founding father. The guiding light. Always and forever, Amen.That said, other big names have made their mark—or, to get all Derr...
Key Debates
The D. Crew vs. Bad PoliticsNo question has vexed deconstruction as much as the question of politics.Almost from the beginning, haters accused Derrida and friends of holding themselves above the po...
State of the Theory
Deconstruction is dead. Long live deconstruction. Huh? Derrida would be the first to appreciate the pairing of those two sentences and sentiments. As we know, one of Jackie's lifelong dreams was to...
Talking the Talk
What is literature? Believe it or not, deconstructionists find this question super straightforward to answer. You can thank Derrida; he left us a trail of reflections on what he called "the institu...