Deconstruction
Derridean method of revealing instability in texts and concepts. Deconstruction shows how binary oppositions (presence/absence, speech/writing) privilege one term. The suppressed term haunts and undermines the privileged. Différance—difference and deferral—prevents stable meaning. No outside-text means context is infinite. Deconstruction is not destruction but revealing what text does to itself. Applied to philosophy, literature, law, politics. Criticized as relativism; defenders claim it increases rigor. Playful yet serious interrogation of meaning.
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