The place of syntagmatic theory

In Superstructuralism, I argued for the existence of three main traditions in philosophy: an Anglo-Saxon tradition of Empiricism, a European tradition of ‘I’-philosophy and another European tradition of Metaphysical philosophy.1 There are, of course, other possible ways of cutting up the philosophical pie, in the light of other possible interests. But in that previous book, my three-way distinction served to locate the place of Superstructuralism; and in the present book, it may serve to locate the place of syntagmatic theory. First, though, a brief recapitulation.