hermeneutics of suspicion, n.All

The Hermeneutics of suspicion is an interpretive practice whereby one reads with a double motivation: A willingness to suspect and a willingness to listen: A vow of rigor and vow of obedience.

The Hermeneutics of suspicion is the effort by authors such as nietzsche, marx, and freud, to show how texts betray their author's intent, be it his desire for power, his class position, or his unconscious desires.