Title: Deconstructive Intentions: On the Critique of the Hermeneutics of Understanding
Abstract: This paper examines the use which is made of the concept of intention in the deconstructivist theories of Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man and Stanley Fish. The radicality of the deconstructive approach is put into question due to some discrepancies between its theory and its practical implementation. As in other related papers, I try articulate a concept of intention which accounts for the actual critical use which is made of it, and which at the same time takes into account the role of interpretive interaction in the construction of intentional coherence, in particular as regards the performative dimension of critical discourse.
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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