Structuralism

Discussion

Michel Bauwens, 2003:

"Todorov writes that structuralism tries to extract the object of study from the subject producing it, for example, looking at a text without its author. For Todorov, this is a dangerous illusion. He gives as an example the scientific work of Claude Levi-Strauss whose scientific work in Mythologiques has lost much of its value, with only the conclusion still worth reading, while his personal reflections in Tristes Tropiques have withstood the test of time, and are still magisterial." (https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Biography_of_Tzvetan_Todorov)