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deconstructive

Adjective

Meaning

deconstructive (comparative more deconstructive, superlative most deconstructive)

Tending to deconstruct; of or relating to deconstruction.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The followers of Derrida are pathetic, snuffling in French pockets for bits of pieces of a deconstructive method already massively and coherently presented and with a mature sense of the sacred in Buddhism and Hinduism. Camille Paglia

A deconstructive approach further depends on the techniques of close reading without reference to cultural, ideological, moral opinions or information derived from an authority over the text such as the author. Source: Internet

Before Deleuze, however, Sartre had presented his own theory of sadism and masochism, at which Deleuze's deconstructive argument, which took away the symmetry of the two roles, was probably directed. Source: Internet

Derrida's thinking has inspired Slavoj Zizek, Richard Rorty, Ernesto Laclau, Judith Butler and many more contemporary theorists who have developed a deconstructive approach to politics. Source: Internet

Barthes' other works contributed deconstructive theories about texts. Source: Internet

The notion of a "deconstructive" approach implies an analysis that questions the already evident understanding of a text in terms of presuppositions, ideological underpinnings, hierarchical values, and frames of reference. Source: Internet

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