Structuralism and Post-Structuralism

An Interview with Michel Foucault

Bibliographic Data

ID5809810
AuthorsGérard Raulet (0000-0002-0219-2128, corresponding author)
Year1983
Volume1983
Issue55
Pages195-211
Publication date1983-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTelos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X
PublisherTelos (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3817/0383055195
OpenAlexW2032552099
LanguageEN
Citations received46

RAULET: How should we begin? I have had two questions in mind. First, what is the origin of this global term, "post-structuralism"? FOUCAULT: First, none of the protagonists in the structuralist movement - and none of those who, willingly or otherwise, were dubbed structuralists - knew very clearly what it was all about. Certainly, those who were applying structural methods in very precise disciplines such as linguistics and comparative mythology knew what was structuralism, but as soon as one strayed from these very precise disciplines, nobody knew exactly what it was. I am not sure how interesting it would be to attempt a redefinition of what was known, at the time, as structuralism

Levi strauss · Michel foucault · nobody · Post structuralism · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis