STRUCTURALISM AND POST- STRUCTUALISM · 2020-06-18 · Structuralism • An intellectual movement...
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STRUCTUALISM
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Structuralism• Anintellectualmovementfromearlytomid-20thcentury• Humanculturemaybeunderstoodbymeansofstudyingunderlyingstructuresintexts(culturalproducts)• FerdinanddeSaussure-founder(studiedlinguis@cs)• Semio@cs:thestudyofsigns(words/meaning)• Signifier-spokenword,wriGenword• Signified-theconceptthatthesignifierstandsfor
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CAT
• Theword“cat”isthesignifier• Theconceptofa“cat”isthesignified• Thetwomakeupasign• Thereisaconnec@onbetweenthesignandthesignifieralbeitarbitrary
• Eventuallybecomes“fixed”acommunityofconsensus,agreeupon
• Binary(know“cat”onlybecauseofwhatis“notacat”)
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Structuralism• Binaries• Informedbytheideaofanunderlyingstructure• Worksonthepremisethatthe“truth”orthe“real”structurecanbefound
• Focusontheauthor/producerofthetext• Levi-Strauss(anthropology)• FreudandLacan(psychoanalysis)• Marx(dialec@calmaterialism)• Chomsky(linguis@cs)• Barthes(literarystudies)
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Post-structuralism• Aresponsetostructuralism• Cri1queofthebinariessoo6en
characteris1cofstructuralism• Ques1onswhatcanbeseenastherigidi1es
ofstructuralistsystemsofthought• Ques1onstheideaofadis1nctstructure• Cri1calofsomeofthescien1ficpretensesof
structuralism• Moreplayfulenterprise/project• Moreconcernedwiththewayinwhich
versionsoftruthareproducedintextsthroughinterpreta1on
• Whicharealwaysindisputeandcanneverberesolved
• Inordertounderstandatext(orsubject,object)isitnecessarytostudyboththetextitselfandthesystemsofknowledgethatproducedthetext
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Post-structuralism• Post-structuralisttheoristsques@onthesearchformeaningandcoherence• Derrida-textsthatmakeupculturecanneverbepinneddown• Disconnec@onbetweenthesignifierandthesignified• “Empty”or“floa@ngsignifier”-vaguehighlyvariable• Meansdifferentthingstodifferentpeople• Rela@onal
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Post-structuralism
• Task-nottounderstandculture,buttodeconstructmeaninginculture• Notlookingforunderlyingstructureorsystems• Instead,no@cingthegaps,discon@nui@es,andinconsistenciesintexts
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Post-structuralism• Alwayspar@alityandsubjec@vityinunderstanding• Mul@plereali@eswhichcanneverbeunderstoodintheiren@retyeitherbythesenderorthereceiver
• Textsaresubjecttointerpreta@on,doubtanddisputewhatevertheaGemptsoftheauthortoexercisecontrol
• “Deathoftheauthor”• Derrida(literarytheory)• Foucault(history)• Delueze(philosophy)• Kristeva(psychoanalysis)• Butler(gendertheory)
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ClosefriendsofPost-Structuralism• Post-structuralismiscloselyalignedwith:• Postmodernism• Culturalcondi@onoflatecapitalism• Rejectofessen@al“truth”claims• Ques@ons“metanarra@ves”
• SocialConstruc1onism• Reali@es,socialphenomenonareproducedthoughlanguage,history,context,therela@onalandthesocial,etc.
• Rejectsessen@alism
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• StructuralistView• Seekstoclassifyindividualsintermsofgeneralclassesortypes.• Individuallivesareinterpretedandvaluedaccordingtorulesornorms• Individualism• Expertshavethepowertoassignmeaningtopeople'slifebydecodingtheunderlyingstructure.
• Post-StructuralistView
• Seeksspecificdetailsofpeople'siden@ty.• Localknowledgeisvalued.• Individuallivesarevaluedandinterpretedintermsofhowtheyembodyexcep@onstowhatmighthavebeenexpected.• Rela@onal• Peoplehavethepowertoconstructmeaningfullivesthroughthestoriestheyenact,tell,andrememberwithoneanother.
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TraditionalViewofIdentity
• Fixedandtrue• Essence• quali@esbeneaththesurfacewhichdeterminewhothatpersonreally'is'.
• Peoplehavepower• Areabletoachievewhattheywantintheirrela@onshipswithothers,andsocietyasawhole.
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Post-structuralistViewofIdentity• Donothavea'real'iden@tywithinthemselves• justawayoftalkingabouttheself--adiscourse.• An'iden@ty'iscommunicatedtroughinterac@onswithothers• notafixedthingwithinaperson.• Itisashi_ing,temporaryconstruc@on
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Sovereign/TraditionalPower• Rulersexercisedpowerovertheirsubjects• Tradi@onalno@onofpower• Overtcoercionofpower;powerover
• Publiclypunishedthatdirectlyassaultedthebodyofthewrongdoer• Whipping• Publicexecu@on• Torture
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Foucault’sViewofPower• Peopledonot'have'powerimplicitly• Powerisatechniqueorac@onwhichindividualscanengagein• Powerisnotexercisedover;notpossessed• Poweriscons@tuted• Powerisdecenteredand"takenup",ratherthancentralizedandexercisedfromthetopdown
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Traditionalvs.Modern• Establishessocialcontrolthroughasystemofins@tu@onalisedmoraljudgementthatisexercisedbyappointedrepresenta@vesofthestateandofins@tu@onsofthestate.
• Establishessocialcontrolthroughasystemofnormalisingjudgementthatisexercisedbypeopleintheevalua@onoftheirownandeachothers’lives.
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• Ins@llsinpeopletheaspira@ontoachieveagrantofmoralworth.
• Ins@llsinpeopletheaspira@ontoachieveagrantofnorma@veworth.
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• Actstooppress,repress,limit,prohibit,imposeandtocoerce.
• Recruitspeopleintothesurveillanceandthepolicingoftheirownandeachothers’lives.
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• invisible,througharangeofexclusionaryprac@ces,includingbanishment,exile,expulsion,violence,andexecu@on.
• evervisiblethelivesofthosewhoareitssubjects,ins@llinginthemasensethattheirlivesareeveravailabletogeneralscru@nyandtopublicevalua@on.
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• Employsatechnologyofpowercharacterizedbysymbolsofinfluence-pomp,ceremony,publicpunishment.
• Employsatechnologyofpowerthatischaracterizedbycon@nuumsofnormality/abnormality,andspecificproceduresofassessmentandevalua@on.
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Modern/DisciplinaryPower• Hasitsbasisintheknowledgesandtechnologiesproducedbythenewsciences• Foucault’sProject:Exposetheopera@onsofpoweratthemicro-level:• Prisons• Clinics• Families
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Modern/DisciplinaryPower
• Withdisciplinarypower,eachpersondisciplineshimorherself.• Thegoalofdisciplinarypoweristoproduceapersonwhoisdocile.
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Panopticon
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• thesourceofpowerisinvisibletothosewhoexperienceitmostintensely• personsaresubjecttothe"gaze"andto"normalizingjudgment",• itisimpossibleforpersonstodeterminewhentheyarethesubjectofsurveillanceandscru@nyandwhentheyarenot• assumeitmustalwaysbethecase• personsareincitedtoperpetuallyevaluatethemselves
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• Rarelyaconsciousphenomenon.• Theworkingsofthispoweraredisguisedormaskedbecauseitoperatesinrela@ontocertainnormsthatareassigneda"truth"status.• Designedtobringaboutpar@cularand"correct"outcomes,likealifeconsideredtobe"fulfilled","liberated","ra@onal","differen@ated","individuated“…(“self-esteem”)
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OperationsofPower
• Arusethatdisguiseswhatisactuallytakingplace• “Areactuallyspecifyingofpersons'livesandofrela@onships…• …thosecorrectoutcomesarepar@cularwaysofbeingthatareprescribedwaysofbeing”(Foucault)
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Technologiesoftheself
• “permitindividualstoeffectbytheirownmeansorwiththehelpofothersacertainnumberofopera8onsontheirownbodiesandsouls,thoughts,conduct,andwayofbeing,soastotransformthemselvesinordertoa;ainacertainstateofhappiness,purity,wisdom,perfec8on,orimmortality.“
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PossibleEffectsofNormalizingJudgment
• self-surveillance• fear• nega@vecomparison• Not‘measuringup’• guilt• hopelessness• perfec@on• judgingothers
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“Difficultformanypersonstoentertainforitsuggeststhatmanyoftheaspectsofourindividualmodesofbehaviorthatweassumetobeanexpressionofourfreewillarenotwhattheymightatfirstappear.Infact,thisanalysiswouldsuggestthatmanyofourmodesofbehaviorreflectourcollabora@oninthecontrolorthepolicingofourownlives,aswellasthelivesofothers;ourcollusioninthespecifica@onoflivesaccordingtothedominantknowledgesofourculture.“(MichaelWhite)
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TheTherapyProject• Exposeanddeconstructthesetaken-for-grantedprac@cesofpower• Achievedbyengagingpersonsinexternalizingconversa@onsabouttheseprac@ces.• Astheseprac@cesofpowerareunmasked,itbecomespossibleforpersonstotakeaposi@ononthem..• ..andtocountertheinfluenceoftheseprac@cesintheirlivesandrela@onships.• Foucault-“wherethereispowerthereisresistance”
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TherapyProject
• Takeupastanceof“curiosityinregardtothosealterna@veversionsofwhothesepersonsmightbe• Thisisnotjustanycuriosity.• Itisacuriosityabouthowthingsmightbeotherwise,acuriosityaboutthatwhichfallsoutsideofthetotalizingstoriesthatpersonshaveabouttheirlives,andoutsideofthosedominantprac@cesofselfandofrela@onship.”(MichaelWhite)
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“Curiosityisavicethathasbeens8gma8zedintumbyChris8anity,byphilosophy,andevenbyacertainconcep8onofscience.Curiosity,fu8lity.Theword,however,pleasesme.Tomeitsuggestssomethingaltogetherdifferent:itevokes"concern";itevokesthecareonetakesforwhatexistsandcouldexist;areadinesstofindstrangeandsingularwhatsurroundsus;acertainrelentlessnesstobreakupourfamiliari8esandtoregardotherwisethesamethings;afervortograspwhatishappeningandwhatpasses;acasualnessinregardtothetradi8onalhierarchiesoftheimportantandtheessen8al.”(Foucault)