Structuralism Thinkers Definitions

Structuralism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not only inseparable from the works it creates, but also from a practice in relation to the products that it interprets.

Structuralism's (n.) true ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠subjects are not concrete men but the distribution of the places they occupy by fulfilling the role that the structural place assigns to them (for example the 'capitalist').

Structuralism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded in the idea that the site prevails over whatever occupies it. We are mortal by 'coming to' a particular site.

Structuralism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded in the idea that there is always too much sense, an overproduction of sense, and an over-determination of sense, always produced by the combination of places in the structure.

Structuralism (n.) affords ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no escape from familialism; it adds another turn, giving the family universal metaphoric value at the very moment it has lost its literal one.