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[[Image:800px-Crop Book of Isaiah 2006-06-06.jpg|thumb|300px|The Holy Bible]]'''Deconstruction''' is the [[postmodernism|postmodernistic]] belief that each person interprets a [[text]] in light of their own experiences, [[bias]]es, and [[prejudice]]s.<ref>''Understanding the Times''(Summit Ministries, Manitou Springs, Colorado 2006)</ref>  Thus, no text can have the same meaning for all [[people]].  A text's [[message]] depends entirely upon personal interpretation.  Deconstruction holds an individual's interpretation of a text to as more important than the text itself, and is a [[liberal]] theory of interpretation.
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'''Deconstruction''' is the [[postmodernism|postmodernistic]] belief that each person interprets a [[text]] in light of their own experiences, [[bias]]es, and [[prejudice]]s.<ref>''Understanding the Times''(Summit Ministries, Manitou Springs, Colorado 2006)</ref>  Thus, no text can have the same meaning for all [[people]].  A text's [[message]] depends entirely upon personal interpretation.  Deconstruction holds an individual's interpretation of a text to as more important than the text itself, and is a [[liberal]] theory of interpretation. The term “deconstruction” was coined by [[French]] philosopher Jacques Derrida in the 1960s.  
    
Deconstruction is applied not only to [[literature]], but to all of [[reality]]. [[postmodernism|Postmodernists]] claim that reality is constructed by each individual based on their unique ideas, biases, prejudices, etc. Thus, there can be no universal [[truth]] because reality is different for each individual.
 
Deconstruction is applied not only to [[literature]], but to all of [[reality]]. [[postmodernism|Postmodernists]] claim that reality is constructed by each individual based on their unique ideas, biases, prejudices, etc. Thus, there can be no universal [[truth]] because reality is different for each individual.
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