Chapter Outline

I. Structuralism

A. Roots in Linguistics

B. Anthropological Structuralism: Claude Levi-Strauss

C. Structural Marxism

II. Poststructuralism

A. The Ides of Michel Foucault

B. Biographical Sketch: Michel Foucault

C. Actor-Network Theory

III. Postmodern Social Theory

A. Moderate Postmodern Social Theory: Frederic Jameson

B. Extreme Postmodern Social Theory: Jean Baudrillard

C. Postmodern Social Theory and Sociological Theory

D. Applying Postmodern Social Theory

IV. Criticisms and Post-Postmodern Social Theory

V. Summary