# structuralism > implies elements of human culture must be understood by way of their relationship to a broader, overarching system or structure > > – [Structuralism - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuralism) > the belief that phenomena of human life are not intelligible except through their interrelations. These relations constitute a structure, and behind local variations in the surface phenomena there are constant laws of abstract structure > > – [Structuralism - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuralism) ![[images/structuralism.jpg]] See: [[post-structuralism]].