Derrida Online: a reference resource for theory, philosophy, deconstruction - by Peter Krapp ...

ENGL 4F70, Contemporary Literary Theory, Brock University Deconstruction: Some Assumptions Copyright 1996 by John Lye. This text may be freely used, with attribution, for non-profit purposes. As are all of my posts for this course, this document is open to change. If you have any suggestions (additions, qualifications, arguments), mail me. Derrida on the impossibility of a genuinely rigorous ...

DECONSTRUCTION What is it Deconstruction: A school of philosophy that originated in France in the late 1960s, has had an enormous impact on Anglo-American criticism. Largely the creation of its chief proponent Jacques Derrida, deconstruction upends the Western metaphysical tradition. It represents a complex response to a variety of theoretical and philosophical movements of the 20th century, ...

BEYOND DECONSTRUCTION Kenneth Kierans I 1 Deconstruction is usually and rightly linked to the philosophical and literary writings of Jacques Derrida and Paul de Man. These writings have come under sharp attack in recent years. I would refer you, for example, to David Lehman's discussion of Paul de Man. Deconstruction, it is argued, stands outside of reason and affirms only an endless, ...

Deconstruction's Legal Career-- Part I Copyright 1998 Jack M. Balkin. All rights reserved. Go to Part I Go to Part II Return to Writings Online Deconstruction's Legal Career J. M. Balkin Deconstruction began as a series of techniques invented by Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, and others to interpret literary and philosophical texts. These techniques, in turn, were connected to larger ...

Deconstruction Benjamin Graves '98, Brown University Deconstruction, a critical practice introduced by French philosopher and critic Jacques Derrida, ostensibly serves to interrogate the assumptions of Western thought by reversing or displacing the hierarchical binary oppositions that provide its foundation. In Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences, a pathbreaking ...

Edited version published in 3 Social and Legal Studies 393 (1994). Copyright 1994-1999 Jack M. Balkin. All Rights Reserved. Return to Writings Online Being Just with Deconstruction by J.M. Balkin For several years now I have been concerned with the problem of how one should apply the insights of deconstructive practice to questions of law and justice. This question is far from easy, although ...