The Theory Mess Deconstruction in Eclipse
- List Price: $104.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
- Publish date: 01/01/2001
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Deconstruction has entered the mainstream and is commonly used to analyze anything from a business plan to a person's life (as in Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry). But some in the academy hold deconstruction, and Jacques Derrida in particular, responsible for the demise of accountability in the study of literature.
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Herman Rapaport explores the incoherence that has plagued critical theory since the 1960s, and the resulting legitimacy crisis in the humanities. Against the backdrop of a rich, informed discussion of Derrida's writings -- and how they have been misconstrued by critics and admirers alike -- the book investigates how English criticism has lost its center and offers an antidote.
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