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| 22234 | Post-structuralism focused on exterior determinants of thought, rather than the thinker |
| Full Idea: Post-structuralism was characterised by the denial of the human being as the privileged object of philosophical analysis, focusing instead on the social, linguistic and unconscious determinants of thought. | |||
| From: Johanna Oksala (How to Read Foucault [2007], Intro) | |||
| A reaction: I'm new to this, and so far this sounds the same as structralism, so I'll have to keep going. I presume it is the same as the rejection of the author when interpreting literature (as in Barthes?). Structuralism was 'non-historical'. |