ABSTRACT
In so far as it presents a deflection which all forms of truth-based discourse must repress, seduction is a concept frequently encountered in deconstructive readings. In normal parlance it is associated, almost exclusively, with calculated attempts to obtain sexual favours. In deconstruction the scope of the term is both wider and more precise. Baudrillard, however, begins his essay ‘On Seduction’ thus:
Seduction is that which extracts meaning from discourse and detracts it from its truth.2
