Notes on Structuralism

Introduction

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ID8038145
AuthorsSunil Manghani (0000-0001-6406-7456, University of Southampton, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume39
Issue7-8
Pages117-131
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02632764221141823
OpenAlexW4319595620
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited32

This commentary introduces a section of the journal titled ‘Notes on Structuralism’. It centres around two interviews. The first, from 1987, is with the structural anthropologist Mary Douglas (who speaks on various aspects of her work, including on Purity and Danger). The second is an interview with Roland Barthes, who, speaking in 1965, was at the height of his structuralist phase. The interview focuses upon the structural analysis of narrative and prefigures the well-known volume of Communications on the subject. The interviews are supplemented with introductions and: a commentary on Barthes’ interview by Jonathan Culler, who contextualizes the development of Barthes’ thinking around narrative (as it leads to the publication of S/Z), The article concludes with reflections on structuralism with regards to contemporary practices of big data, AI and large language models

Epistemology · Library science · Linguistics · Narrative · Post structuralism · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Structuralism (philosophy of science · Subject (documents · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Semiotics and Representation Studies · Social Representations and Identity

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