Structuralism
With a New Introduction by Jean ]Michel Rabaté
2nd Edition
Published on 8. May 2008
176 pages
978-0-470-77674-2 (ISBN)
Description
John Sturrock's classic explication of Structuralismrepresents the most succinct and balanced survey available of amajor critical movement associated with the thought of such keyfigures as Lévi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, Lacan andAlthusser theory.
* * A classic work in literary and cultural theory.
* Reissued to coincide with calls for a return tostructuralism.
* Includes a new introduction by Jean-Michel Rabaté, whichexplores developments in the reception of structuralist theory inthe past five to ten years.
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John Sturrock is a literary journalist, sometime deputy editor of the Times Literary Supplement, and consulting editor on the London Review of Books. He has written widely on French literature, and is an accomplished translator.
Content
Introduction 2003: Are you History? Jean-Michel Rabaté.
Introduction to the second edition: John Sturrock.
Language.
Social Sciences.
Semiotics.
Literature.
Post-Structuralism.
Conclusion.
Further Reading.
Notes.
Index.
