Deconstruction and Critical Theory

By: Peter V. Zima

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This book surveys the main schools and theorists of deconstruction, establishing their philosophical roots and tracing their intellectual development. It analyses their contribution to the understanding of literature and ideology, comparing their critical value and exploring the critical reaction to deconstruction and its limitations. The text is designed for students who wish to understand how and why deconstruction has become the dominant tool of the humanities.

Deconstruction and Critical Theory marks a new stage in the reception history of Derrida's work and in the wider philosophical debate around deconstruction. Zima's study makes a strikingly original contribution to our better understanding of deconstruction and its various philosophic sources. Christopher Norris, University of Wales at Cardiff. Deconstruction And Critical Theory: surveys the main schools and theorists of deconstruction; establishes their philosophical roots; traces their intellectual development; analyses their contribution to the understanding of literature and ideology; compares their critical value; explores the critical reaction to deconstruction and its limitations.

This is the ideal text for students who wish to understand how and why deconstruction has become the dominant tool of the Humanities.

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"Deconstruction and Critical Theory marks a new stage in the reception history of Dernda's work and in the wider philosophical debate around deconstruction. Zima's study makes a strikingly original contribution to our better understanding of deconstruction and its various philosophic sources." Christopher Norris, University of Wales at Cardiff

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Non-Fiction Philosophy History of Western Philosophy Western Philosophy Deconstructionism Language & Linguistics Language Learning & Teaching Theory & Methods Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Theory

Preface
Aesthetic Theory, Dialectic and Deconstruction	p. 1
Derrida: Deconstruction, Philosophy and Literary Theory	p. 29
Paul de Man: Rhetoric and Aporia	p. 83
J. Hillis Miller, or Criticism as Ethics	p. 112
Geoffrey Hartman: Romantic and Nietzschean	p. 135
Harold Bloom: Influence and Misreading	p. 151
Critique of Deconstruction	p. 167
Bibliography	p. 213
Index	p. 223
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