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In philosophy, deconstruction is a loosely-defined set of approaches to understanding the relationship between text and meaning.The concept of deconstruction was introduced by the philosopher Jacques Derrida, who described it as a turn away from Platonism's ideas of "true" forms and essences which are valued above appearances.
Caputo is a specialist in contemporary continental philosophy, with a particular expertise in phenomenology, hermeneutics, and deconstruction.Over the years, he has developed a deconstructive hermeneutics that he calls radical hermeneutics, which is highly influenced by the thought of the French philosopher Jacques Derrida.
(1997) Deconstruction in a Nutshell: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida, ed./auth. (Fordham University Press) (2000) More Radical Hermeneutics: On Not Knowing Who We Are (Indiana University Press) (2001) On Religion (Routledge Press) (2006) Philosophy and Theology (Abingdon Press) (2006) The Weakness of God (Indiana University Press)
Deconstruction is a critical outlook concerned with the relationship between text and meaning. Jacques Derrida 's 1967 work Of Grammatology introduced the majority of ideas influential within deconstruction.
Deconstruction in a Nutshell by John D. Caputo; Giving an Account of Oneself by Judith Butler; Love of Learning and Desire for God by Jean Leclercq, O.S.B. Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free by Alexander Jefferson; Under the Sidewalks of New York by Brian Cudahy ; Byzantine Theology by John Meyendorff
Deconstruction is the "event" or "moment" at which a binary opposition is thought to contradict itself, and undermine its own authority. [ 13 ] Deconstruction assumes that all binary oppositions need to be analyzed and criticized in all their manifestations; the function of both logical and axiological oppositions must be studied in all ...
Barthes exposes how this structuralist system is regressive; orders of language rely upon a metalanguage by which it is explained, and therefore deconstruction itself is in danger of becoming a metalanguage, thus exposing all languages and discourse to scrutiny. Barthes' other works contributed deconstructive theories about texts.
Deconstruction in a Nutshell: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida. New York: Fordham University Press. Transcript of the Roundtable Discussion with Jacques Derrida at Villanova University, October 3, 1994. With commentary by Caputo. Which is also available at "Roundtable Discussion with Jacques Derrida". Villanova University. October 3, 1994.