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The Skeptic Disposition: Deconstruction, Ideology, and Other Matters

By Eugene Goodheart (NHC Fellow, 1987–88)

Deconstructionism; Philosophical Skepticism; Jacques Derrida; Paul De Man

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1991

From the publisher’s description:

Eugene Goodheart examines the skeptic disposition that has informed advanced literary discourse over the past generation, arguing that the targets of deconstructive suspicion are fundamental humanistic values.

Subjects
Philosophy / Literary Criticism / Deconstructionism / Philosophical Skepticism / Jacques Derrida / Paul De Man /

Goodheart, Eugene (NHC Fellow, 1987–88). The Skeptic Disposition: Deconstruction, Ideology, and Other Matters. Princeton Essays in Literature. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1991.