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Deconstruction is not a Method

Deconstruction is not a Method. It is, rather the tragedy of philosophical thinking, and meant as such by its name-giver Jacques Derrida.

See, if one demolishes a television-set with an axe, say, one really destroys the thing, and what remains of this act of literal violence is a rumble, nothing new arises.
However, when a philosopher sets out to destroy the theory of his predecessors, the net result will be something new. By destroying one theory he will have brought into being (at least the seeds of) a new theory, or view, or set of considerations. Destruction in philosophy is always also construction, hence deconstruction.

It is the tragedy of doing philosophy, not a method for doing it.