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Post-structuralism

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Critical theory similar to structuralism in its critique of historicism, meaning, and post-Renaissance rational philosophy, but differing by its rejection of structural linguistics as a theoretical base, emphasizing fragmentation instead, with a belief that there can be no historical progress nor any cumulative progress in knowledge.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000253295

Broader Terms used

<critical theories>

Term used for

poststructuralism

Equivalent Terms used

post-structuralist

Created

13yrs ago

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