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-'''Deconstruction''' is the [[postmodernism|postmodern]] or [[liberal]] belief that each person interprets a text in light of their own experiences, [[bias]]es, and [[prejudice]]s.<ref>Noebel, David, ''Understanding the Times'' (Summit Ministries, Manitou Springs, Colorado 2006) ISBN 978-0936163000.</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 be more important than the text itself.
-Deconstruction is a theory of interpretation favored by [[liberal]]s.
-''The term "deconstruction" was coined by [[French]] philosopher Jacques Derrida in the 1960s.''<ref>''[http://www.bartleby.com/65/de/deconstr.html Deconstruction]'' in The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.</ref><!-- http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=deconstruction indicates that the word dates from 1973, although that's probably the /English/ word, and perhaps he coined the French version earlier? -->
-Supporters of deconstruction apply it 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 in Practice==
-In an [[essay]] entitled "The Death of the Author",<ref>Roland Barthes, ''The Death of the Author'', (Aspen 1968)</ref> Roland Barthes argued that the origin of a text is unimportant, and that only the interpretation of the [[reader]] matters. He declared that this personal interpretation frees the text from the [[tyranny]] of the intended meaning given it by the [[author]]. No matter what a writer writes, or what they mean to say through their writing, their words will never have a universal meaning, and will be understood in a thousand different ways by the readers.
-Deconstructionistic thinking has crept stealthily into [[America]]n [[public school]]s. From [[elementary school]], [[children]] are encouraged to share "What this story mean to me", rather than searching for the meaning the author intended when he wrote the text. This dangerously teaches children to believe that they can create their own meaning for a text, and even their own version of reality and truth. This [[relativism|relativistic]] view of meaning has invaded public school classrooms, purporting to encourage "love of literature", while indoctrinating students with postmodernistic ideas.<ref>Walter Russell, ''Playing With Fire'' www.boundless.org/features</ref>
-==Deconstruction and Christianity==
-Deconstruction is hostile to [[Christianity]], and cannot be reconciled with the [[Christian]] [[worldview]]. The [[Bible]] was written with specific meaning and concrete teachings. Christians seek to discover the meaning of God's Word, and apply the Bible's truths to their lives. Deconstruction would render the Bible another meaningless piece of text to be bent into any meaning the reader sees fit.
-In addition, Christianity teaches universal truth and ethics, while Deconstruction teaches that universal truth is nonexistent.
-==Deconstruction and Law==
-[[Critical Legal Studies]] is Deconstruction applied to [[Law]]. It involves dissecting and critiquing a law to find its subjective meaning, regardless of what it objectively states. Critical Legal Studies result in a view of law as tool to obtain what one wants. Susan Estich said, "You believe in principle; I believe in politics."<ref>Susan Estich in an online letter to Stuart Taylor Jr., www.slate.com/id/3628/entry/23734</ref> Deconstruction endangers law as we know it by rejecting standards of justice derived from religious moral absolutes and using law as a tool to beat political opponents into submission.<ref>Noebel, page 312</ref>
-[[Harvard Law School]] in the late 1970s and 1980s was the home for several tenured professors who became advocates of [[Critical Legal Studies]] (or "crits"), such as Professor Duncan Kennedy.<ref>[http://duncankennedy.net/legal_history/index.html History of legal thought]</ref> By the late 1980s, however, a backlash among more traditional faculty there resulted in the denial of tenure to another adherent of that movement, causing the growth of the movement to halt.
-A few [[Supreme Court]] Justices have embraced a weaker form of deconstruction by interpreting the [[Constitution]] as an "evolving" document, advocating "the evolution of constitutional doctrine."<ref>Speech by Justice [[William Brennan]] on November 21, 1982.</ref>
-==See Also==
-*[[Postmodernism]]
-*[[Deism]]
-*[[Harold Bloom]]
-== External links ==
-*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9029711/deconstruction Deconstruction] Encyclopædia Britannica.
-*[http://www.bartleby.com/65/de/deconstr.html Deconstruction] The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
-==References==
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-[[Category:Postmodernism]]
-[[Category:Worldviews]]
-[[Category:Literature]]

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