poststructuralism
noun
a variation of structuralism, often seen as a critique, emphasizing plurality of meaning and instability of concepts that structuralism uses to define society, language, etc.
poststructuralist
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a word derived from
poststructuralism.
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a word derived from
poststructuralism.
poststructuralismnouna variation of structuralism, often seen as a critique, emphasizing plurality of meaning and instability of concepts that structuralism uses to define society, language, etc.
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Following an excursus into the world of poststructuralist theory at Yale and in Paris, he switched his field to political science and received his Ph.D. from Harvard’s government department.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 27, 2018
They embraced poststructuralist philosophy not by giving up on painting, as many Americans did in the 1970s, but by treating stretchers and fabrics and pigments as their own subjects of investigation.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2017
Everett’s narrator Thelonious Ellison is, like Everett himself, a black novelist who writes playfully highbrow books, heavily informed by poststructuralist critical theory.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2014
In the late 20th century, however, the field of cultural studies, a discipline springing out of poststructuralist theory, seized upon everything from Madonna to “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” as fodder for academic work.
From Salon ● May 25, 2012
America has become a poststructuralist text, in which all meaning is provisional, "deferred."
From Time Magazine Archive
