Why are binary oppositions significant to French Structuralism?

a. They are believed to be the primary mode of human thought.
b. Binary oppositions are the most stable way that societies are structured.
c. Dual oppositions are based on dual gender roles (male-female).
d. Structuralist theory argues that it is through opposition that society overcomes ethnocentrism.
e. Binary oppositions are not significant to French Structuralism.


a

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