Deconstructive Analysis Lessons Orientalism by Edward Said: Summary & Concept Lesson Transcript Instructors Patricia Reese View bio Joseph Vigil View bio Learn about the deconstruction definition and the breakdown of the binary. Read about deconstruction in terms of literary theory and see examples in li...
should be inverted—that culture is really prior to nature—but rather that the relation between the terms is not one-sided and unidirectional, as Rousseau and others had assumed. The point of the deconstructive analysis is to restructure, or “displace,” the opposition, not simply to reverse...