Criticism of Derridean Thinking
Some critics have accused Derridean thinking of allowing for any interpretation or, worse still, of saying any interpretation is equally valid. The first is perhaps true, the second is not. Derrida was always clear that there were more effective and less effective ways of reading a text. But ultimately, any philosophical idea pushed to its extreme allows for nonsense.
Derrida called for a very close reading of the text at hand and, as with anything, the closer you look at something, the more fissures you see.
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