PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction

Paper · Semantic Scholar

This article examines the phenomenon of meta-irony through the lens of Jacques Derrida’s philosophy of deconstruction within the context of the contemporary Ukrainian cultural space. In recent years, a new phenomenon known as “meta-irony” has been increasingly discussed within the cultural sphere. It has gained particular popularity due to its unusual approach to meaning and irony as a form of deconstruction. Thus, …

Reference · Wikidata

critical outlook concerned with the relationship between text and meaning

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

In philosophy, deconstruction is a loosely defined set of approaches to understanding the relationship between text and meaning. The concept of deconstruction was introduced by the philosopher Jacques Derrida, who described it as a turn away from Platonism's ideas of "true" forms and essences which are valued above appearances. American literary critic and major proponent of deconstruction Barbara Johnson describe…

Book · DOAB

This Special Issue draws attention to religious transformations currently emerging in the Middle East that diverge from the dominating rhetoric surrounding ‘radicalization’, ‘political Islam’, or the ‘Islamic awakening’. Particularly after the Arab uprisings, other currents seem to be coming more to the fore that need careful examination, such as the contemporary realities of religious ambivalence, religious doubts,…

Image · DPLA

Issue 49.3 of the Review for Religious, May/June 1990.