Structuralism
any theory that embodies principles.
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contemporary examples
according to françois dosse, the author of a monumental history of structuralism, 1966 marked the high tide of this new paradigm.
derrida’s ‘of grammatology’ and the birth of deconstruction benoît peeters december 20, 2012
noun
an approach to anthropology and other social sciences and to literature that interprets and -n-lyses its material in terms of oppositions, contrasts, and hierarchical structures, esp as they might reflect universal mental characteristics or organizing principles compare functionalism
an approach to linguistics that -n-lyses and describes the structure of language, as distinguished from its comparative and historical aspects
n.
1907, originally in psychology; see structural + -ism.
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