Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET January 2026 Political Science
The concept of 'Deconstruction' is associated with
AConservatism
BTerrorism
COligarchy
DPost-Modernism ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Post-Modernism — Deconstruction is associated with postmodernism, so the answer is option 4.
Explanation
★Deconstruction is associated with postmodernism, so the answer is option 4.
★Deconstruction is the method developed by Jacques Derrida in Of Grammatology (1967) to expose the unstable meanings and hidden hierarchies in texts.
★It works by overturning binary oppositions such as speech and writing or light and dark that organise Western thought.
★It is a central pillar of postmodernism, showing that no text carries a single, fixed, correct meaning.
★Conservatism, terrorism and oligarchy have no connection to this literary and philosophical method.
★Spotting cue: deconstruction always points to Derrida and therefore to postmodernism.
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