The use of this term by late 20th Century academics descended from Heidegger's use of the German word Abbau.
The use of this term by late 20th Century academics descended from Heidegger's use of the German word Abbau. It was used most famously in a 1967 book to describe an attitude to get at the roots of what other writers were saying, but it often is criticized for being a method that eliminates meanings from books. Beginning with the letter D, it can refer to analyzing a book from different points of view. Give this word used in the 1967 book Of Grammatology by Derrida.
The use of this term by late 20th Century academics descended from Heidegger's use of the German word Abbau.
Deconstruction(ism)