Deconstruction is a reaction against patterns of structuralists. It dismantles the idea of ‘structure’ to present it as concept which has been used to determine the way of understanding; rules of how we articulate meaning and readings by outlining an authority. Deconstruction is primarily a post-structuralist position in its objective approach to accept structure. It questions assumptions about how the universe has searched for a definitive; philosophically there is no definite meaning, research and findings.
The art of deconstruction questions the essence of the majority as everything is a processed for ‘un-picking’. In regards to this thought in relation to structure it suspends the assumed connection between mind and meaning with the understanding that method provides us with object to join them (Norris, 2002).
In early writing Barthes and others present structuralism as a code of language. In 20th century linguistics this form of understanding can no longer be the definitive outcome to interpret meaning due to the variety of language and culture fusing together. From this understanding we can recognise how these significations are apparent; assumptions present a belief in the method of being able to explain language and culture (Norris,2002). It presents a position of power: object position: habit of thought. This can be seen as a ‘self-blinding’ process of thinking as it conceptualises thoughts through metaphors (Norris, 2002).
Deconstruction refers to a technique developed by Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man and many others. It includes a broader and in some cases more technical sense to the way in which a text can be read and in turn, can be shown through a set of philosophical claims about language and the meaning within a text. Due to the broadness of the term and the popular use of it, the term to 'deconstruct' now has negative connotations for demonstrating the incoherence of a certain something.
Jacques Derrida has had a huge