DESCRIPTION: David J. Gunkel (born 1962) is a professor of social communication at Northern Illinois University. His research and publications focus on the philosophical assumptions and ethical implications of information and communication technologies. For more information, see https://gunkelweb.com/. In SPCh, he published a text devoted to arguments in favour of deconstruction as a type of critical intervention, serving to respond to and deal with the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century and subsequent centuries. In the first part, he analysed the concept of ‘deconstruction’ by deliberately using the imprecise, colloquial understanding of the term in order to obtain a more precise and technical characterisation of the concept. The second part was devoted to examining the components of deconstruction as part of a two-stage procedure, which was deliberately designed as a kind of distortion of Hegelian dialectics. The third part contains an analysis of the opportunities and challenges associated with the theory and practice of deconstruction. The article inspired further discussion around Gunkel's book (Deconstruction, MIT Press 2021), which was published in issue 2/2022 of SPCh. Gunkel responded to the critical comments made in the published texts by Stanisław Chankowski, Piotr Kozak, Przemysław Nowakowski and Michał Piekarski in another article entitled Around ‘Deconstruction.’ Author’s Response (2/2023). "In the final analysis we can say that deconstruction is neither a form of analysis nor does it seek out, achieve, or have any pretensions to finality. It is and can only take place as an endlessly open form of engagement with existing systems of thought in an effort to challenge the status quo and provide potent opportunities to think, speak, and act otherwise. This does not mean, however, that deconstruction is a form of textual free play where anything goes and all things are permitted. Quite the contrary. It proceeds by and necessitates excessive attention to the exigencies of language and logic in order to follow and apprehend every nuance of their intricate operations, procedures, and protocols" (p. 106).
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Introduction. 2. Deconstructing deconstruction. 3. Two steps to deconstruction. 4. Outcomes and results. 5. Conclusion.
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