Hermeneutics and deconstruction

This article is a piece of reflection on the relation between hermeneutics and deconstruction, which doesn't seek to set itself up on either of the tw o fields, but rather to insist on their mutual differentiation. As its star ting point it takes something which both approaches have in common, that is the concept of TEXT. It appears. however, that the two approaches proceed with this concept in different ways, and we might draw a parallel between t his difference and the difference between transitive and intransitive ecrit ure. Derrida works with a philosophical text such that he also poses himsel f the question "how is it done". In other words, the deconstructive way of reading seeks to follow the very "intransivity" of philosophical texts.