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FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTIONS ON     TM 13:  STRUCTURALISM, POST STRUCTURALISM, POST MODERNISM        Spring, 2011 

1.  Structuralism focuses on structures that are fundamentally different than  ___________________________  structures or functionalist structures

2.  In relation to the linguistic turn, what the various usages the concept of the linguistic turn all have in common is an appeal to language, to  _____________________________ , to forms of linguistic representation as the furthest point that philosophy can reach in its quest for knowledge & truth

3.  In relation to structuralism, for most structuralists, structures are unobservable, but generate   ________________________________   social phenomena

4.  Structuralism examines the properties manifest in language when treated from a strictly synchronic standpoint that seeks to analyze its immanent structures of  ________________________  &  ________________________

5.  In relation to an intro to Saussure, because language is  ________________________________________  & systematic, no item could be understood on its own but is in fact like a chess piece, part of a complex & integrated structure 

6.  In relation to proxemics,  ________________________________  do not cause stress unless combined w/ other factors such as food shortage

7.  Semiotics focuses on the structure of sign systems, which includes language, discourse, all linguistic  ________________________________  systems, & all means of communications

8.  In relation to intro to Levi Strauss, the similarities btwn linguistic systems & kinship systems are that there is empirical variation from setting to setting in both phonemic & kinship systems, but variations can be traced to the operation of general, although implicit  ___________________________

9.  In relation to structural Marxism, the subject of observation is not  _________________________________  human elements, but rather 'structure'

10.  In relation to an intro to Derrida, different  _____________________________  give words different meanings & as a result the language system cannot have the constraining power over people that the structuralist think

11.  In relation to an intro to Foucault, Weber's theory of rationalization has an impact, but to Foucault it is found only in certain "key sites" & it is not an "iron cage" because there is always  __________________________

12.  In relation to an intro to Foucault, phenomenon arise in consciousness when they are held by a  ______________________________  of subjects / people

13.  In relation to Foucault's Madness & Civilization, at first,  _________________________________  was in charge of the physical & moral treatment of the mad, but a purely psychological medicine was made possible when madness was alienated in guilt

14.  In relation to an intro to post modernity, the development of post modernism demonstrates an important social dynamic in that modern, industrial society calls on people to reject  ______________________________ , while post modern, post industrial society calls on people to reject science, rationality, etc.

15.  In relation to consumption theory, Simmel looks at consumption in his examination of the tragedy of  ____________________________  produced by the proliferation of human products

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ESSAY QUESTION ON     TM 13:  STRUCTURALISM, POST STRUCTURALISM, POST MODERNISM      Spring 2011 

Essays should be two, average length, hand written pages long.  Be sure & answer all parts of the question. 

3.  In relation to post modernity, why did it arise & what are its basic ideas?  What are the strengths & weaknesses of this school of thought?  Critique it. 

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