Structure Determinism, Emergence

[Chandler] This is the stance that the pre-given structure of some signifying system-such as language or any kind of textual system-determines the subjectivity (or at least behaviour) of individuals who are subjected to it. Louis Althusser was a structural determinist in this sense (see Interpellation).
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