“Obscurantism is the academic theorist's revenge on society for having consigned him or her to relative obscurity - a way of proclaiming one's superiority in the face of one's diminished influence.” WayFacesInfluenceRevengeRelativeAcademicSuperiorityObscurityTheoristsProclaiming Book:Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man Source: Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man