Modern Philosophy - 20th Century, Semiotics, Postmodernism, Literary Theory - Major Schools, 20th Century French Philosophy, Social Sciences - General & Miscellaneous
Semiological Reductionism
M.C. Dillon
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Overview
This book interprets Derrida and looks beyond deconstructionism. It is a critique that identifies a pervasive flaw in Derrida's thinking: the semiological reduction that permeates deconstructionist theory and postmodernism in general. The critique focuses on Derrida, but its conclusions may be applied to other major figures in the postmodern tradition who espouse the variant of Saussurean semiology that reduces all meaning to the signification of signs. This book challenges the philosophy of deconstruction at its roots, and does so on the basis of a diligent reading of central texts and an understanding of the tradition of Continental philosophy providing the context for Derridian thought.Book Details
Published
July 1, 1995
Publisher
Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.
Pages
241
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780791423752