Baptismal Eulogies: Reconstructing Deconstruction from The Ashes

[...]the stampede to denounce deconstruction has been so precipitous as to trample on the venerable traditions of mourning; and this, in a profession where Tradition is the constant specter, the incorruptible monument. There are many critics of deconstruction and Derridean analysis whose methods are...

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Published in:Postmodern culture 1993, Vol.3 (2)
Main Author: Allen, Glen Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American literature
Deconstruction
Derrida, Jacques
Essays
Feminism
Literary theory
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
Politics
Semiotics
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Summary:[...]the stampede to denounce deconstruction has been so precipitous as to trample on the venerable traditions of mourning; and this, in a profession where Tradition is the constant specter, the incorruptible monument. There are many critics of deconstruction and Derridean analysis whose methods are rigorously scholastic and whose results are rhetorically insightful; critics who have engaged the "political unconscious" at work in the patterns and focuses of Derrida's own readings, and who have gone on to develop quite distinct "deconstructive" readings, particularly in the areas of feminist and post-colonial literary theory. 10.
ISSN:1053-1920
1053-1920
DOI:10.1353/pmc.1993.0009