post-structuralism

Post-structuralism — encompasses the intellectual developments of continental philosophers and critical theorists who wrote with tendencies of twentieth century French philosophy. The prefix post refers to the fact that many contributors, such as Jacques Derrida,… …   Wikipedia

post-structuralism — noun Date: 1977 a movement or theory (as deconstruction) that views the descriptive premise of structuralism as contradicted by reliance on borrowed concepts or differential terms and categories and sees inquiry as inevitably shaped by discursive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

post-structuralism — The variety of postmodernism defined by its reaction against structuralism in France, and associated with writers such as Derrida, Foucault, and Kristeva . Whilst deriving from Saussure the view that words mean what they do through their… …   Philosophy dictionary

post-structuralism — сущ. соц. = poststructuralism …   Англо-русский экономический словарь

post-structuralism — noun A doctrine that rejects structuralism’s claims to objectivity and emphasises the plurality of meaning …   Wiktionary

post-structuralist — adjective or noun see post structuralism …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Structuralism (philosophy of mathematics) — Structuralism is a theory in the philosophy of mathematics that holds that mathematical theories describe structures, and that mathematical objects are exhaustively defined by their place in such structures, consequently having no intrinsic… …   Wikipedia

Post-anarchism — or postanarchism is the term used to represent anarchist philosophies developed since the 1980s using post structuralist and postmodernist approaches. Some prefer to use the term post structuralist anarchism, so as not to suggest having moved… …   Wikipedia

Post-left anarchy — is a recent current in anarchist thought that promotes a critique of anarchism s relationship to traditional leftism. Some post leftists seek to escape the confines of ideology in general. Post left anarchy is marked by a focus on social… …   Wikipedia

Structuralism — For the use of structuralism in biology, see Structuralism (biology) Structuralism is an approach to the human sciences that attempts to analyze a specific field (for instance, mythology) as a complex system of interrelated parts. It began in… …   Wikipedia