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Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and the Emergence of Postmodern Social Theory
Quiz
1
Structuralism is rooted in the underlying structures governing:
A)
politics.
B)
economics.
C)
culture.
D)
language.
2
Ferdinand de Saussure's concept of parole refers to:
A)
sign and symbol systems.
B)
what prisoners get for good behavior.
C)
the actual way people use language.
D)
the rules that govern language.
3
The term semiotics refers to the study of:
A)
robots that drive.
B)
language used on traffic signs.
C)
signs in linguistics.
D)
all sign and symbol systems.
4
Which of the following theorists applied structuralism to anthropology?
A)
Louis Althusser
B)
Claude Lévi-Strauss
C)
Roland Barthes
D)
Maurice Godelier
5
Jacques Derrida looked at social institutions and saw:
A)
language.
B)
writing.
C)
coercion.
D)
economics.
6
The term logocentrism refers to:
A)
the use of logos to sell products.
B)
the underlying rules of language that dictate how it is used.
C)
the search for a universal system of thought that reveals truth.
D)
the way theatre is controlled and enslaved.
7
Which of the following thinkers is NOT associated with structuralism?
A)
Ferdinand Saussare
B)
Louis Althusser
C)
Claude Lévi-Strauss
D)
Jacques Derrida
8
Your text quotes Alan Sheridan, who contends that Michel Foucault's __________________ involves a search for "a set of rules that determine the conditions of possibility for all that can be said within the particular discourse at any given time."
A)
discourse
B)
genealogy of power
C)
archaeology of knowledge
D)
rationalization
9
Foucault thought that archaeology was a necessary first step towards:
A)
genealogy of power.
B)
discourse analysis.
C)
clinics and medicine.
D)
deconstruction.
10
Foucault interprets the rise of psychology as a:
A)
scientific endeavor.
B)
humanitarian advance.
C)
moral enterprise.
D)
medical advancement.
11
Foucault considered the gaze as:
A)
a language without words.
B)
the precursor to punishment.
C)
the genealogy of vision.
D)
the birth of the clinic.
12
Which of the following is NOT one of Foucault's instruments of disciplinary power?
A)
hierarchical observation
B)
normalizing judgments
C)
trajectories
D)
examinations
13
Foucault's key concern regarding Panoptical technologies was:
A)
the prohibitive cost of construction.
B)
that surveillance was ineffectual.
C)
the capability of complete surveillance.
D)
that they endorsed Victorian ideas about sexuality.
14
Actor-network theory pushes semiotics by:
A)
allowing material objects to have signs.
B)
showing how signs are produced in relation to other signs.
C)
not relying on signs.
D)
allowing actors to create their own signs.
15
Which of the following terms refers to cultural products?
A)
postmodern social theory
B)
postmodernity
C)
postmodernism
D)
post-postmodernism
16
Which of the following authors is NOT associated with postmodernism?
A)
Frederic Jameson
B)
Michel Foucault
C)
Jean Baudrillard
D)
Jean-François Lyotard
17
Frederic Jameson associated postmodern culture with ______________ capitalism.
A)
market
B)
monopoly
C)
imperialist
D)
multinational
18
Jameson sees cultural change as a function of changes in:
A)
language.
B)
economic structure.
C)
surveillance.
D)
space.
19
Which of the following is NOT one of Jameson's critiques of postmodernism?
A)
Postmodernism is superficial.
B)
Postmodernism is characterized by a waning of emotion or affect.
C)
Postmodern life is fragmented.
D)
There is an increasing reliance on history in postmodernism.
20
Jean Baudrillard attempts to break from using bourgeois categories of analysis by promoting:
A)
simulacra.
B)
cathedrals of consumption.
C)
the theatre of cruelty.
D)
symbolic exchange.
21
All social theories are sociological theories.
A)
true
B)
false
22
Structuralism is generally associated with the "linguistic turn."
A)
true
B)
false
23
The term binary oppositions refers to the creation of meaning from a word's intrinsic meaning.
A)
true
B)
false
24
The structural Marxists also used the linguistic turn to study society.
A)
true
B)
false
25
Structuralism sees disorder and chaos in language, while the poststructuralist sees order and stability.
A)
true
B)
false
26
Much like structuralism, poststructuralism has not integrated a variety of theoretical influences.
A)
true
B)
false
27
The new means of consumption use implosion and simulacra in order to provide a better shopping experience.
A)
true
B)
false
28
The new means of consumption are more humane and less rationalized than were their older counterparts.
A)
true
B)
false
29
One of the criticisms of postmodernism is that it lacks a theory of agency.
A)
true
B)
false
30
Gilles Lipovetsky focuses on capitalism as the primary agent pushing towards individualism and consolidation of the sciences.
A)
true
B)
false
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