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Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and the Emergence of Postmodern Social Theory
Sociological Theory

Chapter 17 Chapter Outline


  1. Structuralism
  2. Roots in Linguistics
  3. Anthropological Structuralism: Claude Levi-Strauss
  4. Structural Marxism
  5. Poststructuralism
    1. The Ides of Michel Foucault
    2. Biographical Sketch: Michel Foucault
    3. Actor-Network Theory
  6. Postmodern Social Theory
    1. Moderate Postmodern Social Theory: Frederic Jameson
    2. Extreme Postmodern Social Theory: Jean Baudrillard
    3. Postmodern Social Theory and Sociological Theory
    4. Applying Postmodern Social Theory
  7. Criticisms and Post-Postmodern Social Theory
  8. Summary