Deconstruction Deconstructed

Deconstruction is the approach to texts which analyzes the background assumptions of the writer. #Hermeneutics means much the same but the word is much less fashionable. Deconstructors then goes on to claim that the author's worldview invalidates his thesis. This implies that history as written is bunk; dishonest or just plain wrong.

It is an approach which has a superficial validity. It is not totally false. We can never know all history because the evidence is rarely complete and provably reliable. But we can take the evidence we have, compare the sources and get a fair view. This means accepting that our knowledge is incomplete. For example we are told about the Stone Age and its tools. But stone is almost the only evidence. We can however see the Stone Age in real time or could until quite recently in Papua New Guinea. Their Stone Age is actually a Wooden Age too. Wood is lost far more easily than stone.

The virtue of deconstructionism for the originators is that it can be used to promote a world view which is false,  fraudulent and useful for destroying civilization. Getting it accepted means clothing the whole thing in waffle. As some one writes or speaks louder and longer it becomes more  difficult to understand his ideas. That is why French quasi-intellectuals are all plausible patter merchants.

One other reason for these theses' acceptance is that acolytes want to believe. If people are embittered by life and wish to be political activists, they find a rationale which justifies their malice, the deconstruction of society and its destruction. Look at the front men of various half mad causes and see the followers who are keen on the idea of violence. Look at the Bolshevik Revolution with its follow on to see what the results can be. They are in The Black Book of Communism. Marx produced the ideas that they used. Post Marxism is being used by our more recent enemies.

For a far more sympathetic commentary see Deconstruction. It was invented by a political subversive, a Jew called Jacques Derrida who never bothered to define it.

 

Deconstruction And The Holocaust
This can get you trouble in Germany, where it is illegal to say that the Holocaust® Story is a pack of lies.

 

Hermeneutics ex Wiki  
Hermeneutics (/ˌhɜːrməˈnjuːtɪks/)^[1] is the theory and methodology of interpretation,^[2][3] especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts.^[4][5]

Modern hermeneutics includes both verbal and non-verbal communication^[6][7] as well as semiotics, presuppositions, and pre-understandings. Hermeneutics has been broadly applied in the humanities, especially in law, history and theology.

Hermeneutics was initially applied to the interpretation, or exegesis, of scripture, and has been later broadened to questions of general interpretation.^[8] The terms hermeneutics and exegesis are sometimes used interchangeably. Hermeneutics is a wider discipline which includes written, verbal, and non-verbal^[6][7] communication. Exegesis focuses primarily upon the word and grammar of texts.

Hermeneutic, as a count noun in the singular, refers to some particular method of interpretation (see, in contrast, double hermeneutic).