For ten points name this theory, which attempts to explain the general properties of cultural organization, put forth by such men as Ferdinand de Saussure and Claude Levi-Strauss.
This theory states that individual terms or phenomena can only be understood in relation to other elements of the same system, and that each system is built up using a limited set of contrasts. One school of this thought believes these systems are caused by innate characteristics of the human mind, while another believes that they are the result of the limitations imposed by verbal communication. For ten points name this theory, which attempts to explain the general properties of cultural organization, put forth by such men as Ferdinand de Saussure and Claude Levi-Strauss.
This theory states that individual terms or phenomena can only be understood in relation to other elements of the same system, and that each system is built up using a limited set of contrasts.
{Structuralism}