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Structuralism

Structuralism summary

Structuralism is identifying and analysing structures,assigning the meaning of specific parts of structures and then linking these parts back together.



7 principles of structuralism:

the domain of the symbolic: the relationship between reality and imaginary

Local or Positional:The systems of rules and positions that make reality possible or the combination of reality and imagination

Difference:we have stable patterns,and differences attract our attention.

The status of structures

structures are all different but all have one thing in common

What allows structures to evolve

Subjects are intersubjective as humans re-organise them


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