Yet, Steiner goes on to argue that deconstructionism, however logically consistent, cannot account for the reality of human experience of art and literature. Therefore, their assumptions must be wrong. He claims that this experience is rooted in the fact that artistic creation is mimetic of the original act of creation. This is, I trust, a fair summary of Steiner's main argument. The reader is left wondering about the significance of the problem Steiner is addressing.
Art provides little protection against barbarism.
This leads to the more serious set of problems with Steiner's analysis. As Calvin insisted, such a God is a creation of the human mind, and therefore an idol. In this scheme, human symbols replace God's symbols as the signs and seals of His presence. Steiner's argument can, in part, be co-opted by the Christian. Steiner's claim that artistic creation mimics the original creation is a sound insight, and basic to any Christian aesthetic theory.