The Structuralist Activity

by Roland Barthes

7 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

Roland Barthes of France applied semiology, the study of signs and symbols, to literary and social criticism.

Ideas of Roland Gérard Barthes, a theorist, philosopher, and linguist, explored a diverse range of fields. He influenced the development of schools of theory, including design, anthropology, and poststructuralism.

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Reviews

[Michaelangelo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Structuralism is appealing to me. A keen interest in phenomology leads me here however he fails to tackle the root of the matter. That being, the construction and this deconstruction of these structures cannot be formalised of made scientific, they cannot be given a scheme. I argue for the post structuralist model whereby objectivity is thrown away and we come to understand that the structures themselves and the activity of assembling and dissasembling them is a completely individual practice.

[Ramanqu · Rating 2 out of 5]

He is too poetical and dramatic to be taken seriously. At least I can't.