Introduction to Structuralism - The 7 principles.

Summary of video on the 7 principles of structuralism

In the 20th century a french male decided to describe the 7 principals of structuralism.

1- Creation of a new domain ( the domain of the symbolic).

• It is the aments number of relationships between reality and imaginary. 

2- Local or positional.

• Plato spent lots o time searching for the symbolic between imaginary and reality and believed that    that is where humans are as they connect them and make both of them have a sense.
• Roles cousinly change, and they are created by different possible scenarios (e.g.. pieces of a cess board)
• How we interpret symbols changes constantly depending of other factors (e.g..sarcasm)

3-Difference to reality

• we crate stable patterns. they can be divided into opposites. (stable and non stable structures)

          In our lives we often experience patterns, discrepancy and the border between them.

4 - Symbolic

• Structures are real but not actual
• structures are ideal but not abstract. (e.g.. money is real, but not actual as it is just a piece of paper)

5- Difference
different structures and systems interact, contain and overlap each other

6- Structures can be dynamic and constantly evolve

•  A code is an institutionally stabilised structure
• An empty position that keeps relocating can drive narratives.
• Dyamic structures: have empty positions which allow the different elements to move structure and engage different rhythms. 

7- humans interact with the structure and constantly recognise

• Subjects are intersubjective, they constantly recognise their universe. Through the empty positions humans interact with the dynamic structure and constantly reorganise it.