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Deconstruction, Philosophy, and Literature: Readings of Jacques Derrida
Author(s) -
Florentsen Peter C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
orbis litterarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1600-0730
pISSN - 0105-7510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0730.1996.tb00001.x
Subject(s) - deconstruction (building) , transcendental number , philosophy , epistemology , reading (process) , value (mathematics) , linguistics , ecology , machine learning , computer science , biology
Deconstruction is a radical critique of traditional ideas of the goals and nature of philosophical and critical enquiry. The article starts by giving an outline of the philosophical foundations of deconstruction focusing on Derrida's deconstructive outlook and strategy and then goes on to present and discuss the diverse views of some of the most prominent critics of deconstruction (Jonathan Culler, Rudolphe Gasché, Jürgen Habermas, Christopher Norris, Richard Rorty and John Searle.) The article argues against an understanding of deconstrution in transcendental or scientistic terms. This, however, does not deny the value of deconstruction as a strategy of reading and as a relevant method of questioning and intervening in any discourse, no matter whether private or public.