5 Questions
Who introduced the poststructural point of view to American scholars in 1966?
Jacques Derrida
What did Jacques Derrida assert about the notion of a systemic structure?
It presupposes a 'center' that serves to organize and regulate the structure yet itself 'escapes structurality.'
According to Derrida, what is all of Western thinking?
'Logocentric' or dependent on the notion of a self-certifying foundation, or absolute, or essence, or ground, which is ever needed but never present.
Name one of the Poststructuralist contemporary thinkers mentioned in the text.
Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, or Roland Barthes
What did Poststructuralism emerge as a reaction against?
Structuralism
Test your knowledge of poststructuralism, a movement that emerged as a reaction against Structuralism in the 1970s. Explore key concepts and figures, such as Jacques Derrida and the innovative approach to language and signifying systems.
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