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The Derrida Virus

Since the 1960s, deconstruction has sought to undermine all well-ordered structures.¹ It needs something ordered (either actual or latent) on which to act and then to destroy. Thus, it is entirely parasitic. With one notable exception, what its advocates say about deconstruction is clouded by confusion. Since it is an attack on logic, it does not produce logical statements.² It can, however, be understood by what it actually does. It dismantles structure, logical statements, traditional beliefs, observations, etc. When criticized for dismantling these entities, deconstructionists insist they are merely analyzing and commenting on text. This approach resembles the way viruses...