deconstruction

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And of course, the horizontal barbarism of deconstruction is the quintessence of the nihilistic ransacking of history.

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  1. noun A philosophical movement and theory of literary criticism that questions traditional assumptions about certainty, identity, and truth; asserts that words can only refer to other words; and attempts to demonstrate how statements about any text subvert their own meanings: "In deconstruction, the critic claims there is no meaning to be found in the actual text, but only in the various, often mutually irreconcilable, 'virtual texts' constructed by readers in their search for meaning” (Rebecca Goldstein).

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  • What's the death of the author--deconstruction--all about? —  Omni: Fall 1995
  • In this multimedia music-theater deconstruction, an actor playing Humbert (Francois Beukelaers) stands in a quarantined space in the midst of the audience. —  Histriomastix
  • Some of this deconstruction is occurring in our orthodoxy, some in our orthopraxy, and mostly in our own hearts, or as Peter Rollins says, "believing in the right way." —  Missio Dei
  • Clausewitz endeavors to analyze military genius by way of deconstruction, and views the idealized military genius as a combination of virtues. —  Chicago Boyz
  • Post-race track deconstruction, a major problem last year, also worried her.
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