<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">post-structuralism</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>critical theories</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>post-structuralist</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>poststructuralism</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Critical theory similar to structuralism in its critique of historicism, meaning, and post-Renaissance rational philosophy, but differing by its rejection of structural linguistics as a theoretical base, emphasizing fragmentation instead, with a belief that there can be no historical progress nor any cumulative progress in knowledge. ]]></note></mads>