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structuralism as general tendency |
The notion of Gestalt in its connection with that of structure was analyzed in a paper read to the Linguistic Circle [where Lévi-Strauss was also active] by Ernst Cassirer [...] and published in the second issue of Word [Lévi-Strauss had published his 1945 article in the first issue of Word]. Called "Structuralism in Modern Linguistics," it was his last public lecture and it contained the remark [...] to the effect that structuralism was not an isolated phenomenon but the expression of a general tendency of thought that had become prominent in recent decades. |