Deconstruction

French philosopher (1930–2004)

French philosopher (1924–1998)

In philosophy, deconstruction is a loosely defined set of approaches to understanding the relationship between text and meaning. The concept of deconstruction was introduced by the philosopher Jacques Derrida, who described it as a turn away from Platonism's ideas of "true" forms and essences which are valued above appearances. American literary critic and major proponent of deconstruction Barbara Johnson describes the approach in this way:

Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic

French philosopher and writer

Philosophy book by Martin Heidegger

British writer, academic and educator

German philosopher of South Korean origin

Belgian literary theorist (1919–1983)

French philosopher (1952–2020)

1967 essay by Roland Barthes

Logocentrism is a term coined by the German philosopher Ludwig Klages in the early 1900s. It refers to the tradition of Western science and philosophy that regards words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality. It holds the logos as epistemologically superior and that there is an original, irreducible object which the logos represent. According to logocentrism, the logos is the ideal representation of the Platonic ideal.

French philosopher, literary critic, and translator (1940-2007)

colonial populations who are socially, politically, and geographically excluded from the hierarchy of power of an imperial colony and from the metropolitan homeland of an empire

American philosopher

American literary critic, university professor (1928–2021)

German literary critic and theorist influenced by deconstruction (1948-2017)

Italian philosopher (born 1956)

Japanese philosopher

In critical theory and deconstruction, phallogocentrism is a neologism coined by Jacques Derrida to refer to the privileging of the masculine (phallus) in the construction of meaning. The term is a blend word of the older terms phallocentrism (focusing on the masculine point of view) and logocentrism (focusing on language in assigning meaning to the world).

'''' is a French term coined by Jacques Derrida. Roughly speaking, the method of différance'' is a way to analyze how signs (words, symbols, metaphors, etc) come to have meanings. It suggests that meaning is not inherent in a sign but arises from its relationships with other signs, a continual process of contrasting with what comes before and later. That is, a sign acquires meaning by being different from other signs. The meaning of a sign changes over time, as new signs keep appearing and old signs keep disappearing. It is central to Derrida's concept of deconstruction, a critical outlook con

Estonian writer, academic (born 1961)

American philosopher

pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning

American academic (1929-2016)

Philosopher, literary theorist and scholar

American philosopher and feminist theorist

In semiotics, a parergon (paˈrərˌgän; plural: parerga) is a supplementary issue or embellishment. The term's usage has broadened to mean anything that is additional to the main body of a creative work.

British philosopher (born 1947)

group of literary critics, theorists, and philosophers of literature

American literary critic (1947-2009)

Polish philosopher

American philosopher (1938-2025)

German philosopher

Algerian writer