Deconstruction: For Jacques Derrida, deconstruction is a method of analyzing texts and other cultural objects in order to expose the hidden assumptions and biases that underlie them. It is a way of questioning the taken-for-granted and of challenging the status quo. Derrida argued that all texts are inherently unstable and that their meaning is always changing._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |