Theories in the dynamic world
• Formalism and New Criticism
The doctrine that formal structure rather than content is
what should be represented
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal
(logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols
(regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful
applications
The practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or
external forms
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Structuralism
Linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in
a text or discourse
An anthropological theory that there are unobservable
social structures that generate observable social phenomena
A sociological theory based on the premise that society
comes before individuals
• Psychoanalysis
A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a
method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of
Sigmund Freud
"his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
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Marxism
The
economic and political theories of Karl Marx
(Founder of modern communism; wrote the Communist Manifesto
(A socialist manifesto written by Marx and Engels (1842) describing the history
of the working-class movement according to their views) with Engels in 1848;
wrote Das Kapital (A book
written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories) in 1867
(1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels
(Socialist who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848
(1820-1895) that hold that
human actions and institutions are economically determined and that
class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism (An economic system
based on private ownership of capital) will ultimately be superseded by communism (A political theory
favouring collectivism in a classless society).
• Feminism
A doctrine that advocates equal rights for women
The movement aimed at equal rights for women
• Modernism
The quality of being current or of the present
Practices typical of contemporary life or thought
Genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious
break with previous genres
• Postmodernism
Genre of art and literature and especially architecture in
reaction against principles and practices of established modernism
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