Deconstruction and Critical TheoryThis book surveys the main schools and theorists of deconstruction, establishing their philosophical roots and tracing their intellectual development. It analyses their contribution to the understanding of literature and ideology, comparing their critical value and exploring the critical reaction to deconstruction and its limitations. The text is designed for students who wish to understand how and why deconstruction has become the dominant tool of the humanities. Deconstruction and Critical Theory marks a new stage in the reception history of Derrida's work and in the wider philosophical debate around deconstruction. Zima's study makes a strikingly original contribution to our better understanding of deconstruction and its various philosophic sources. Christopher Norris, University of Wales at Cardiff. Deconstruction And Critical Theory: surveys the main schools and theorists of deconstruction; establishes their philosophical roots; traces their intellectual development; analyses their contribution to the understanding of literature and ideology; compares their critical value; explores the critical reaction to deconstruction and its limitations. This is the ideal text for students who wish to understand how and why deconstruction has become the dominant tool of the Humanities. |
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... poetic text and returns to it. Derrida himself confirms the orientation of his thinking towards literature: 'My interest lay primarily, even more strongly than with philosophy, if this is at all possible, with literature, the kind of ...
... poetic text and returns to it. Derrida himself confirms the orientation of his thinking towards literature: 'My interest lay primarily, even more strongly than with philosophy, if this is at all possible, with literature, the kind of ...
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... poetry can only be criticized by poets. He therefore anticipates the demands of the Deconstructionist Geoffrey Hartman who argues for a merger of literary criticism and the writing of fiction (see Chapter 5). In his commentaries on ...
... poetry can only be criticized by poets. He therefore anticipates the demands of the Deconstructionist Geoffrey Hartman who argues for a merger of literary criticism and the writing of fiction (see Chapter 5). In his commentaries on ...
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... poetry, which distinguishes them from the rationalists and Hegel, belongs to a metaphysical Idealism which is alien to the exponents of Deconstruction. These turn towards pluralistic and multilayered writing (e ́criture), without ...
... poetry, which distinguishes them from the rationalists and Hegel, belongs to a metaphysical Idealism which is alien to the exponents of Deconstruction. These turn towards pluralistic and multilayered writing (e ́criture), without ...
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... poetry. The philosopher ought to abandon his futile hunt for univocal definitions and instead give in to the play of meanings to which art and literature invite him. Ernst Behler rightly reminds us of the role of play in Nietzsche's ...
... poetry. The philosopher ought to abandon his futile hunt for univocal definitions and instead give in to the play of meanings to which art and literature invite him. Ernst Behler rightly reminds us of the role of play in Nietzsche's ...
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... poetry] to the origin', thereby emphasizing the affinity of poetry and Being. Chapter 1 already mentioned the (at least partial) irreconcilability of the philosophy of Being and Deconstruction, since the latter DECONSTRUCTION AND ...
... poetry] to the origin', thereby emphasizing the affinity of poetry and Being. Chapter 1 already mentioned the (at least partial) irreconcilability of the philosophy of Being and Deconstruction, since the latter DECONSTRUCTION AND ...
Contents
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Rhetoric and Aporia | 83 |
4 J Hillis Miller or Criticism as Ethics | 112 |
Romantic and Nietzschean | 135 |
Influence and Misreading | 151 |
7 Critique of Deconstruction | 167 |
Bibliography | 213 |
Index | 225 |
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