Deconstruction : An Anti-structuralist Gesture

Deconstruction, in the dictionary is the selective dismantlement of building components, also defined as “construction in reverse”. It is a term used in philosophy , literary criticism , and the social sciences , popularised through its usage by Jacques Derrida in the 1960s. The Oxford English Dictionary defines "deconstruction" as "A strategy of critical analysis [.] directed towards exposing unquestioned metaphysical assumptions and internal contradictions in philosophical and literary language… More information...