The Theory Mess: Deconstruction in Eclipse - Herman Rapaport

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Résumé :
Although deconstruction has become a popular catchword, as an intellectual movement it has never entirely caught on within the university. For some in the academy, deconstruction, and Jacques Derrida in particular, are responsible for the demise of accountability in the study of literature.Countering these facile dismissals of Derrida and deconstruction, Herman Rapaport explores the incoherence that has plagued critical theory since the 1960s and the resulting legitimacy crisis in the humanities. Against the backdrop of a rich, informed discussion of Derrida's writings -- and how they have been misconstrued by critics and admirers alike -- The Theory Mess investigates the vicissitudes of Anglo-American criticism over the past thirty years and proposes some possibilities for reform.

Biographie:
Herman Rapaport

Sommaire:
Preface Introduction Beginnings Co-opting Deconstruction Theory as Postphilosophy: Rosi Braidotti, Geoffrey Hartman, Annette Kolodny The Misconstruction of Deconstruction: Gerald Graff and Frank Lentricchia Demonizing Deconstruction: Walter Jackson Bate, Ren? Wellek, and David Lehman America is Deconstruction? Non-Placet A World Apart: Derrida and the Frankfurt School 1980--1987: A World of Difference Deconstructing Otherwise: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak British Developments: The Influence of ?MDUL?Screen?MDNM? Eclipsing Deconstruction: History of Subject-Positions I Eclipsing Deconstruction: History of Subject-Positions II Lurching to the Right Social Acts and Excitable Speech Vicious Dualisms Deconstruction of the Social Relation I: Heidegger and Sex Deconstruction of the Social Relation II: Derrida's Itineraries Derrida and the Political Reconceiving the Theory Mess Postscript Notes Bibliography