DECONSTRUCTION THEORY AND ITS BACKGROUND

ABSTRACT: This article defines and presents the meaning and significance of “deconstruction” in modern critical theory. It reveals the overview of “deconstruction” as a theory of reading texts, and it explains the philosophical foundations of deconstructive thinking, through the Derridean critiques of Plato, Martin Heidegger and Ferdinand de Saussure. The article proposes also to expose how „deconstruction‟ is used in various fields of study today, asserts the philosophical status of the deconstructive theory and assesses its contribution to knowledge in general.