Word: deconstruct
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...overwhelming fact of life--and of death--for millions of Jews." She contends that "those who look for the 'long-term' processes and impersonal 'structures' in history tend to explain this 'short-term event' in such a way as to explain it away: and those seeking to 'deconstruct' the history of the Holocaust as they deconstruct all of history come perilously close to the 'revisionists' who deny the reality of the Holocaust...
...start to read everything as a text. This primarily afflicts humanities and social science concentrators (though physics students, I imagine, might start to see closing doors and rolling chairs a little differently, too). You deconstruct dining hall conversation. "But when you said you desired more spanikopita, what was the referent?" You start to speak in paragraphs; you wait your turn. A friend at the head of the table starts calling on people. You bus your tray and get back to work...
...anything, Harrington's insight that "racism" can be broken down at all gives us hope that there is a liberal alternative to dead-end multiculturalism and its endless harping on "Eurocentrism," minority representation and curricular diversity. The solution begins with deconstructing the very terms that multiculturalists have abused in order to deconstruct practically everything else. It also entails a reordering of our priorities, which should focus on working toward social progress and extending educational and economic opportunities--not cultural leveling and ethnic representation--both outside Harvard and here at Harvard. While affirming different "cultures" and fighting prejudice are important tasks...
...Deconstruct...
...deconstruct sex, baby...