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Writing (on Deconstruction) at the Edge of Metaphysics'

Writing (on Deconstruction) at the Edge of Metaphysics' 97 Writing (on Deconstruction) at the Edge of Metaphysics' HUGH J. SILVERMAN State University of New York-Stony Brook : > The debate about deconstruction in philosophical circles has come to take on significant proportions. Literary scholars have confronted the question at an earlier time because a dominant feature of the deconstructive enterprise involves the reading of texts. Literary theorists in particular have been forced to recognize deconstruction because, as a theory of reading, it challenges conventional and established modes of approaching literary writing. Only more recently have philosophers in Anglo- . American circles come to recognize that deconstruction is a serious contender for philosophical consideration, a viable way of taking up . philosophical issues, and a challenge, in a certain sense, to the whole . tradition of metaphysical thinking. The tendency among analytically oriented philosophers has been to simply reject deconstruction outright as simply another form and variety of Continental thinking-and therefore not worthy of examination and investigation. Among phe- nomenologists both on the continent and in the English-speaking world, deconstruction is regarded as a critique and threat to the philosophy of presence and experience. Semiologists and structuralists who have drawn their resources from linguistics in the tradition http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Research in Phenomenology Brill

Writing (on Deconstruction) at the Edge of Metaphysics'

Research in Phenomenology , Volume 13 (1): 97 – Jan 1, 1983

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Brill
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© 1983 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0085-5553
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1569-1640
DOI
10.1163/156916483X00061
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97 Writing (on Deconstruction) at the Edge of Metaphysics' HUGH J. SILVERMAN State University of New York-Stony Brook : > The debate about deconstruction in philosophical circles has come to take on significant proportions. Literary scholars have confronted the question at an earlier time because a dominant feature of the deconstructive enterprise involves the reading of texts. Literary theorists in particular have been forced to recognize deconstruction because, as a theory of reading, it challenges conventional and established modes of approaching literary writing. Only more recently have philosophers in Anglo- . American circles come to recognize that deconstruction is a serious contender for philosophical consideration, a viable way of taking up . philosophical issues, and a challenge, in a certain sense, to the whole . tradition of metaphysical thinking. The tendency among analytically oriented philosophers has been to simply reject deconstruction outright as simply another form and variety of Continental thinking-and therefore not worthy of examination and investigation. Among phe- nomenologists both on the continent and in the English-speaking world, deconstruction is regarded as a critique and threat to the philosophy of presence and experience. Semiologists and structuralists who have drawn their resources from linguistics in the tradition

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Published: Jan 1, 1983

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