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A particular way of talking about and understanding the world (or an aspect of it). Post-Structuralism points out that discourse constructs knowledge and truth rather than merely reflecting it, thereby influencing power relations in society.

A term coined by Derrida that critiques Western thought for its tendency to privilege speech over writing and to rely on a system of binary oppositions that are male-centered. It has impacted Post-Structuralism by calling for deconstruction of such biases.

A concept originated by Julia Kristeva, suggesting that any text is the intersection of multiple texts. In Post-Structuralism, it shows that meaning is relational and dependent on other texts, thus destabilizing the concept of author's single intended meaning.

Conceptualization of that which is opposite or different from the self. Post-Structuralism uses this concept to explore how identities are formed in relation to difference and so are never truly fixed.

A critical term indicating the prioritization of what is immediately present and apparent in language or thought, which is challenged in Post-Structuralism as masking the absence and elusiveness inherent in language and meaning.

French for 'under erasure', a term used by Heidegger and adopted by Derrida, indicating a concept is inadequate but necessary; thus, it is both used and questioned/crossed out. It signifies the imperfect nature of philosophical and linguistic concepts in Post-Structuralism.

The view that the subject is not a central, sovereign agent with coherent control over meaning or self. In Post-Structuralism, it emphasizes the fragmented, constructed, and contingent nature of identities.

A philosophical approach developed by Jacques Derrida that involves dissecting and challenging the relationships between text and meaning. It impacted Post-Structuralism by emphasizing the instability of language and the impossibility of fixed interpretation.

Term popularized by Jean Baudrillard referring to a copy without an original. In Post-Structuralism, it challenges the notion of reality, suggesting that the real is replaced by a constructed reality based on simulations.

The fundamental cognitive orientation of a period or the structure of knowledge that underlies the forms of knowing in a given era. In Post-Structuralism, epistemes are analyzed to uncover how they shape our conception of truth and knowledge.

The concept or the meaning that is represented by a signifier. Within Post-Structuralism, the relation between signifier and signified is seen as arbitrary and socially constructed, which dismantles fixed meanings.

A concept developed by Foucault, indicating the interdependent relationship between power structures and what is accepted as knowledge. Post-Structuralism uses this concept to show how knowledge production is tied to power and serves particular interests.

A concept that denotes the presence of two opposing ideas or archetypes. In Post-Structuralism, it is analyzed to show how these oppositions are constructed and to reveal the hierarchies implicit within them.

Introduced by Derrida, trace is the mark of the absence of a presence, an always-already absent present. In Post-Structuralism, it denotes that meanings are always deferred, never completely captured by language.

A term coined by Derrida to signify the simultaneous process of differentiation and deferral of meaning in language. It impacts Post-Structuralism by illustrating that meaning can never be fully stable or present.

Coined by Baudrillard, hyperreality describes the state in which the real and the fictional are seamlessly blended together so that there is no clear distinction between where one ends and the other begins, often due to media saturation.

A concept from Deleuze and Guattari, symbolizing non-hierarchical, non-linear connections and organizations of points and pathways, like a root system. This metaphor challenges traditional structures of knowledge and organization in Post-Structuralism.

A term originated by Paul Ricoeur to describe the reading strategy that questions the surface meaning of texts. In Post-Structuralism, this aids in uncovering hidden structures and meanings within texts.

A narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience, or knowledge, which offers a society legitimation through the anticipated completion of a (as yet unrealized) master idea. Post-Structuralists are critiquing the limitations of meta-narratives, advocating for smaller, localized 'petit récits'.

The form a word takes, such as sound or written image, that signifies an idea. Post-Structuralism analyzes how signifiers are not definitively linked to what they signify, deconstructing the traditional signification process.

A methodology developed by Foucault for analyzing historical discourses and the systems of thought governing the production of knowledge. This concept is key in Post-Structuralism for understanding how knowledge is constructed and controlled.