Deconstruction: Overview and Critique

Deconstruction is a post-structuralist, intellectual, and critical theory, formulated by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida in 1960s. It an approach to re-reading literary philosophical given their multiple possible meanings. This article seeks present brief account of deconstruction: its epistemological roots Nietzsche Martin Heidegger, major concepts, tools. Then, it presents critique deconstruction, especially works John Ellis Abdel Aziz Hammouda. Furthermore, briefly refers impact deconstruction on religious text (the Holy Qur'an Prophet's Sunnah), as some Arab secularists have laid particular stress application this Western hermeneutics Islamic texts. For them, deemed necessary step ensure that remains open many interpretations, responds different circumstances conditions. The argues doctrine, has been born modernity. And therefore, does not seem appropriate transform into civilization with cultural components.