The Invention of Deconstruction

• Author(s): M. Currie,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 252
• ISBN_10: 113730703X
  ISBN_13: 9781137307033
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Literary Criticism / European / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Social Science / General , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... Why did deconstruction emerge when it did? Why did commentators in literary studies seem to need to look back on it from the earliest moments of its emergence? This book argues that the invention of deconstruction was spread across several decades, conducted by many people, and focused on its two central figures, Jacques Derrida and Paul de Man.