The term structuralism is ambiguous, referring to different schools of thought in different contexts. As such, the movement in humanities and social sciences called structuralism relates to 展开

According to structural theory in anthropology and social anthropology, meaning is produced and reproduced within a culture through … 展开

In literary theory, structuralist criticism relates literary texts to a larger structure, which may be a particular genre, a range of intertextual connections, a model of a universal narrative structure, or a system of recurrent patterns or motifs.
The field of structuralist … 展开

• Antihumanism
• Engaged theory
• Genetic structuralism
• Holism
• Isomorphism
• Post-structuralism 展开

In Ferdinand de Saussure's Course in General Linguistics, the analysis focuses not on the use of language (parole, 'speech'), but rather on the underlying system of language (langue). This approach examines how the elements of language relate to each … 展开

Yifu Lin criticizes early structural economic systems and theories, discussing the failures of it. He writes:
"The structuralism … 展开

Structuralism is less popular today than other approaches, such as post-structuralism and deconstruction. Structuralism has often been criticized for being ahistorical and for favouring deterministic structural forces over the ability of people to act 展开