Editing Deconstruction (section)

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A survey of the [[secondary literature]] reveals a wide range of heterogeneous arguments. Particularly problematic are the attempts to give neat introductions to deconstruction by people trained in literary criticism who sometimes have little or no expertise in the relevant areas of philosophy in which Derrida is working.{{Editorializing|date=September 2023}} These secondary works (e.g. ''Deconstruction for Beginners''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Powell|first1=Jim|title=Deconstruction for Beginners|date=2005|publisher=Writers and Readers Publishing|location=Danbury, Connecticut|isbn=978-0863169984}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2017}} and ''Deconstructions: A User's Guide'')<ref>{{cite book|last1=Royle|first1=Nicholas|title=Deconstructions: A User's Guide|date=2000|publisher=Palgrave|location=New York|isbn=978-0333717615}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2017}} have attempted to explain deconstruction while being academically criticized for being too far removed from the original texts and Derrida's actual position.{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}

''Cambridge Dictionary'' states that ''deconstruction'' is "the act of breaking something down into its separate parts in order to understand its meaning, especially when this is different from how it was previously understood".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cambridge English Dictionary: Meanings & Definitions |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/deconstruction}}</ref> The [[Merriam-Webster]] dictionary states that ''deconstruction'' is "the analytic examination of something (such as a theory) often in order to reveal its inadequacy".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of DECONSTRUCTION |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deconstruction |website=www.merriam-webster.com|date=10 June 2023 }}</ref>