Structuralism: A Helpful Overview 

At long last. An overview lecture on structuralism on RU-vid that actually makes sense... I can't thank you enough.

I love how passionate she is while talking about it, it makes me really enjoy to learn, her love is contagious!! I finally found a video where structuralism is explained very well, thank you so much!

This is one of the most concise video's on Structuralism I've seen on youtube. I have been studying post structuralism for the last two years, specifically Deleuze and Guattari which has rescued me from a superficial existence. You have earned yourself a subscriber and I will share this for those trapped in structuralist thinking. Great work!

Thank you for the lecture. I'd just like to add a couple of things: Lévi-Strauss wasn't the creator of a paradigmatic (vertical) structural approach, he took this idea from Saussure and employed it in literature to explain mythology. Also, I don't think that your criticism to structuralism is founded. The fact that structuralists (and people in general) use words/linguistic resources to construct their arguments is not a counterargument to the idea of arbitrariness. It does not matter if a tree is called 'tree' or 'arbre', the importance lies in a sound-concept relation, that we connect a specific signifier with what is signified. Structuralists could base their position on a different choice of words, their selection does not show that these meanings are intrinsic.

This is such a great resource. Thanks a lot for posting this!

Thank you so much for this. Saussure’s writing (or perhaps just his English translations) can be incredibly intimidating and daunting. Even after spending days with them, this video has helped immensely in my understanding and immersion into structuralism.

omg this helped me so much for my critical theory class, like i completely understood you!!! Lots of writings on structuralism tend to be ranting almost, very all over the place so this was great

Brilliant. I wrote my French masters thesis in 1983 on the subject of Mallarmé's translations of Poe, and how translation theory did not accommodate the "two axis" problem of meaning in translation viewed from the perspective of structuralist theory. It was very hard work, but very rewarding. The idea was that literal meaning lay on one axis, and poetical 'essence' or the impulse of the sounds of language in poetry lay on the other axis. The ideal translation was one that managed to accommodate literal meaning while conveying the essence of the language of the original in the translation. For what it's worth, this vid completely refreshed my memory of what was behind this damned thesis 40 years ago. The underlying structuralist concept was the foundation stone, but I had forgotten exactly how or why until now. Thank you. I now realize, in retrospect, I wrote a pretty goddamn good thesis, under these conditions.

This is amazing! I'm currently in my masters for English and we are going over structuralism this week. It was hard to grasp until I saw this video, so thank you!

Plato was actually dancing around quantum physics…ideas are manifested potential which exist in pure wave form, until one is isolated through observation and brought to physical form. Quantum to Classical, is correlative to epistemological to ontological.

Great! You have really got the gift for turning difficult concept into simple language. Thank you, indeed!

One of the few videos about this kind of theory that acknowledges the ironies and hypocrisies. A breath of fresh air, makes your video much more trustworthy!

Really helpful and clarifying a lot of not previously connected ideas and notions I had in my head. I also envy you for such a rich library you have in the background. :)

I cannot emphasize enough on the fact that how helpful to students and to overall humanity are these lectures that breaks difficult studies into simplest of its elements. Thank you so much ma'am.

Amazingly explained. Would love a similar kind of work for post-structuralism, humanism, post humanism as well please!

So far this is the most helpful lecture to understand structuralism.. thanks a lot !

Magnificent to find an awestruck calibre of explanation... Nailed it in a solid fashion... God bless sister... Being a lover of literature and a Research Scholar in it, I thank you for the experience...

I’m still watching the video and will rewatch it a bunch of times. But just wanted to say you beautiful BEAUTIFUL human thank you so much. I’m kinda getting the hang of this now. You explain it so well. Thank you!!!

Thank you so much! This video helped me immensely as I was not understanding structuralism. I truly appreciate your video!

Wow clearly and beautifully explained. I can say that you were enjoying while explaining the concept to us. Thanks for the video!

This was very helpful. I liked the way you connect these rather abstract ideas to everyday things. Philosophy you can use!!!

Thank you for making this video, it was really helpful! I'm reading about Deconstruction and purchased Deconstruction by David J. Gunkel and was having a hard time understanding some of the things he was saying about structuralism and this video helped me greatly!

I really appreciate the insight that Structuralism is an inversion of Platonic Idealism. Also that she considers Marx and Freud as forerunners of Structuralism. Thank you.

Your explanation is very helpful and simply presented. Looking forward to see other videos.

Thank you for the wonderful video! This is the best under 20 minutes video on this topic. Still looking forward to the Post-Structuralism video!!!

Great stuff. The posture and the whole presention of the lady herself reminds fo my own euphora when I just discovered the disipline of Semiotics and Semiosis concepts. it's great to learn about Structuralism with its shortcomings. This is an opprotunity to attack the whole system of Structural'st idea and perhaps we may be able to make contributions to the exiting knowledge.

OMG ! Thank you so much Ma'am. Much love from Algeria 🇩🇿💜

Found it to be wonderful and useful for literature people like me, and I really love the way you presented it and oh my God, your voice is amazing ❤️. But I was surprised that you didn't mention Roland Barthes who's such an influential theorist of structuralism who went into post-structuralism later.

Awesome - its great to watch this video. As Sorala mentioned: I love how passionate you is while talking about it, it makes me really enjoy to learn, Its great to see your love and engagement.

i came this video bumped into my feed cause I have looked up some video on Claude Lévi Strauss in the most elegant and scientific way there was and also because some people see him as the father of modern anthropology after that i looked up a little bit more about this structuralism thing and I'm very glad that i came upon your video

This is very helpful, easy to understand and fun to watch. I'm now waiting for the poststructuralism video :)

this was amazing. awaiting the video on post structuralism eagerly :)

I am getting distracted by all those good looking books in the background.

Very lucid explanation! You are a gift to students of Truth! Thank you very much!

Thank you. This was most illuminating. This explains the world.

Thank you for this video!! I hope you'll continue making them)

Thank you so much for this video!! So well explained!!

Very well and clearly explained! Thank you very much!

Nice what a great explaination about structuralism ,usefull video

I'm watching this bc I have an essay due in three days about all the schools of psychology used for advertising and my teacher did not explain the topic NEARLY as well as you did. what the hell! thank you so much this is very clear and one can tell you're super passionate about this, i love that.

Found this to be extremely helpful! I don't understand why all of this can't be explained by others in a simpler manner. Please inform me where to locate the 2nd part, on Deconstruction.

a video that’s ACTUALLY helpful 🥺 thank you so much

This was a fantastic explanation. Thank you!

Well explained! This is useful and such a great deal of resource and practical ideas about the topic. (p.s. I love your background though 😍)

Well explained! Very helpful, thank you a lot ^^

This is awesome thank u ; I'd love to see more vids like this on other subjects

Thank you so much from your explanation I get some ideas to write my paper., it is obviously clear and knowledgeable

Easily understandable very good way of teaching...

Thank you, exactly the kind of video I was looking for!!!!

Nailed it in the last part; they are complimentary approaches. This subject has been touched on for millenia, but not always in language that is understood well in modernity. There is a need for periodic revitalization of this idea in scientific consciousness of a given age. The dichotomy that is described in the video is to me very similar to more ancient ideas of governance (of the mind and by extension the state, which is merely mind collectivized) whereby the "true" perception is more of a synthesis between two poles... namely, there is a logical (sometimes depicted as masculine) understanding and an intuitive,creative or mystical (female) understanding. In the marriage (indeed it has in the past been referred to as a holy matrimony within the individual) of these two ways of conceiving arises the child of action that mediates between them. This is basically what people like Jung are getting at when they talk about ideas like "the Transcendant Function" (which is a fascinating line of inquiry for those who are intrigued).

You are good at it.Go on making it, incrementally,deeper.

Thank you a million for this lecture. ❤️❤️❤️

Great! clear and easy to understand. Where is the video she mentioned for post-structuralism?

Thank you, finally a proper video on STRUCTURALISM.

Absolutely loved this! Would you mind making a video on post-structuralism?

You are amazing, please make more! Please just go hardcore on this philosophy stuff my young soul needs it!

amazing explanation!! very easy to understand

Both are beautiful - The presenter and the presentation.

Such an insightful video! Thank you

this was so so helpful, thank you for sharing this!!

Amazing. It comes in my mind that structuralism / network-build-up could follow some collective-unconscious macro shapes. Like molecules of though that emerge in symbolic materialism through millennials, such a s the early dolmen/menhir, then the artificial hill, the pyramid, the cube and now the globe.

Thank you for this amazing and informative vid on structuralism

Really enjoy your passion and charisma

Thank you so so much! This video was really helpful!!!

Honestly, this was an abstruse idea for me to comprehend through the articles I have read, which were overly verbose. The hardest part for me to traverse were the differences that arose from the juxtapositions that I made with different articles, but this video, your enthusiasm, and scintillating attitude, made it highly unequivocal. What I was missing is that in fact structuralism is a methodology, :) thank you!

Great video, thanks for the upload.

Except for the rather trendy, seemingly obligatory objections to Structuralism thrown in at the end, I like this explanation a lot. Thank you. :)

Thank you for this amazing video 🙏🏻

Beautifully explained by beautiful philosopher

Excellent video! I have been working for some time with discoursive semiotics from the school of Greimas, and one of the critiques I've always had is this: Greimasian semiotics (as a genuine structuralist theory) splits all discourse between content and expression (like Saussure with a signified and a signifier). It teaches us to identify WHAT is the content, but also to never look at the content and how it affects what is being expressed. For example, if I analyze a poem and it speaks about love, in my analysis I should mention that it does speak about love, but never look at the lyric-self's opinion on love. I may mention it, but that shouldn't affect the analysis. It's crazy: The content is analysed, but not considered as something that will interfere in the analysis.

ohh what a wonderful video lecture that was.! I cannot thank u, enough

Great presentation!

This Is GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Better than my professor, and books!

I loove how passionate she is about this topic

It is a great lecture...and amazing lovely lecturer

Thank you, it makes a lot of sense.

The passion in your eyes regarding your work and the topics you hit, makes me emotional and wanna make me cry.

I am so istracted by your bookshelf and I mean that in the best way possible

This was really great. Thank you.

This was really helpful. Thank You.

Thank you for a clear and concise overview of this topic. Is there a follow up on Post Structuralism?

Wonderful video. Thank you!

That was really helpful. I am waiting for the post-structuralism now.

I loved your way of explaining beside your amazing body language

Thank you so much for your insight very helpful 👍 ❤

Thanks for your efforts ✨

Finally, your explanation gave me peace about structuralism. Now, what about Post-structuralism... any recommendation?

amazing explanation! thank you

Just great! Thanks for this.

Best video on structuralism!

Thanks for the great video..

The CD example os brilliant. Basically if you remember that you can remember structuralist idiology. Very cool

Wonderful explanation, thank you so much. So many great examples, especially John Lennox. However, whenever you say "underlining" - I wonder if you actually mean "underlying" ? Your english is better than mine, so maybe you are right. But it feels strange.

Yo if all teachers and professors teach like this, at all schools at all levels. I bet there wouldn't be any sleeping student during class out of boredom, at all schools at all levels. I'm glad this video passed by on my feed.

Impressive presentation

Dear god thank you so very much! Amazingly explained!

if you are serious about this subject, look into Lain Mcgilchrist's Master and His Emissary. great video thank you. The left brain right brain whole brain paradigm is essential here.

I hope my poor command of English does not betray me. What a show of presentation. What a sexy way (non-sexual) to present relatively complex concepts. The "linguistic" explanation of Saussure was one of the best I've ever seen. Note 19 (out od 20). Missing, in my opinion, was the allusion to Braudel and his debates with Levi-Strauss. It would have put more clearly the question of the "limitations" of Structuralism. Just loved it!

This is an excellent explainer 🎉

thank you so much brilliant video