[lit-ideas] Re: philosophy question

  • From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 22:01:44 -0700

From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Julie goes on to write that her husband wants a tidy definition of
> deconstructionism.  My suggestion is not to bother.  Derrida claims that
> he can do without the word 'deconstruction' and that it really can mean
> just about anything.

Phil is right. "deconstruction" has turned into a word with practically no 
meaning. the
general public uses it in the sense of analyse, discuss, evaluate, take apart, 
tear up,
trendy, and so on.

try this:

http://news.google.com/news?q=deconstructed&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wn

it's a list of news items that use the word "deconstructed".

here's a few examples:

"...the artist's dizzying range of styles, which vacillate with whiplash 
intensity between
hyperrealistic illustrations and deconstructed abstract compositions..."

"I had a deconstructed birthday cake in a waffle cone."

"Tiger Woods said this week he was tired of having his swing deconstructed by 
television
analysts." (ah, so that's where all those Eng Lit grads found jobs.)

"There's a certain deconstructed, gypsy sensibility to today's skirts; the way 
they seem to
float and flutter at the slightest movement."

yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com

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