Core Concept: Postmodernism's deconstructive tools are useful for demolition but useless for building—coherence can be deliberately constructed and functionally maintained.Key Takeaways:

• After recognizing that meaning is constructed, you still must choose what to construct
• Some constructed meanings are more coherent, stable, and useful than others—these distinctions are real
• The proof of coherence is not philosophical argument but functional testing: does it work?

Challenge Question: What have you endlessly deconstructed without ever building anything to replace it?