John Sturrock's classic explication of Structuralism represents the most succinct and balanced survey avilable of a major critical movement associated with the thought of such key figures as Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, Lacan and Althusser. Origanally celebrated for the way it negitiated a resoned way between what were extremely impassioned factions of evangelist and their opponents, the book still offers the best and most readily accessible account of the subject.
