Article

Strutturalisti senza saperlo? Saussure contro Saussure

by Daniele Gambarara

in Versus n. 115, L'albero e la rete. Ricognizione dello strutturalismo, pp.11-23

Abstract (english)

Critical assessments place Saussure as father malgré-lui of classical structuralism: a nice epitaph. Could Saussure be better appreci- ated as the linguist showing the way to a new structuralism for the third millenary, where philosophy of language meets cognition, being not afraid of praxis, time, general intellect? The failures of orthodox stream in cognitive sciences in dealing with these prob- lems suggest the necessity – or at least a chance – for a renewed saussurean perspective to take place as a leading principle in human sciences.