Key Theory 4: Claude Levi-Strauss: Structuralism

Key Theory 4: Claude Levi-Strauss: Structuralism

 Binary Oppositions
Where two concepts, messages or values are presented in direct opposition with one another. Levi-Strauss suggested that our perception of the world is based on binary oppositions.

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