What are some of the strengths of structuralism?

Question

I don't need a definition...I want to know what the strengths of the paradigm are

Answer 1

One way to approach this question is to ask what are the problems/weaknesses of post-structuralism.

Post-structuralism tends to critique and deconstruct established systems, thereby showing the limitations and lack of meaning --which is useful for analysis but does not aid much in creating reform, change, and renewal of structures.

As well, the idea of marginalization and alienation cannot exist within post-structural ideology because these ideas assume fairly rigid structuring and assumptions of insider groups and privilege. Thus structuralism gives us a better framework for social change.

As well, some form of structuring helps us organize and understand how the world works. For example, psychoanalytic theory comes from a structural model that assumes a three-component psychic system of ego, id, and super-ego --a structure which gives us a way of interpreting and understanding human behavior (whereas post-structuralism would challenge whether these categories exist at all or have any real meaning across cultures and experiences.)

Post-structuralism challenges the idea of binaries and opposites, which is a helpful distinction, yet for us to operate as humans in the world, some degree of structuralism that helps us understand meanings as generated by what something is NOT is the basic most fundamental way that we engage and interact with the world around us.

Like all binaries, we cannot say that it is a matter of choosing post-structuralism over structuralism as our worldview of choice, but rather we can use both as lenses which help us see both limitations and strengths of either perspective.

Answer 2

Weaknesses Of Structuralism

Answer 3

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Answer 4

structural linguistics 

1. a usually synchronic approach to language study in which a language is analyzed as an independent network of formal systems, each of which is composed of elements that are defined in terms of their contrasts with other elements in the system.
2. a school of linguistics that developed in the U.S. during the 1930s–1950s, characterized by such an approach and by an emphasis on the overt formal features of language, esp. of phonology, morphology, and syntax.

Also called structuralism.

struc·tur·al·ism (strkchr--lzm)
A method of analyzing phenomena, as in anthropology, linguistics, psychology, or literature, chiefly characterized by contrasting the elemental structures of the phenomena in a system of binary opposition.
A school that advocates and employs such a method.

structur·al·ist adj. & n.

structural psychology 

psychology centering on the analysis of the structure or content of conscious mental states by introspective methods.

Also called structuralism.

Answer 5

It is an excellent way to trace the evolution of language and its origins. It is also an excellent tool in comparative language studies. It helps to make computers more user friendly.

Answer 6

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