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    Post-structuralism and deconstruction emerged as intellectual movements in philosophy and the humanities in the 1960s in France, originating with thinkers like Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida. It critiques concepts of truth and power by arguing that truth is subjective and defined by those in positions of power and privilege, rather than being objective or universal.

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    POST-

    STRUCTURALISM
    OR
    DECONSTRUCTIO
    N
     Early 19 century
    th

     Popular in 1960s
     End in 1970s
     Originated in France
    Roland Barthes
    “The Death of Author in 1968”

    Jacques Derrida- French author


     Is an intellectual movement that
    emerged in philosophy and the
    humanities.
     About as a way of critiquing power
    and privilege and it is all about
    truth and power.
    - They think truth is up for debate: your truth
    and my truth may be completely different.

    Example: a Hindu and a Christian have


    fundamentally different ideas about whose god
    is real. These two people have different ideas
    about ‘truth’.
    How come power, wealth seem to be
    attached to people with certain
    identities?
    Who has control of knowledge?
    Who says what is normal and what is
    abnormal?
    Is there really an objective ‘truth’ or is
    truth defined by the people in power?

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