▁Italian ▁for ew ord ▁to ▁the ▁second ▁edition ▁of ▁Reading ▁Capital . ▁In ▁this ▁for ew ord ▁Al th us ser ▁states ▁the ▁following : ▁▁▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁pre ca utions ▁we ▁took ▁to ▁distinguish ▁ourselves ▁from ▁the ▁' struct ural ist ' ▁ide ology ▁... , ▁despite ▁the ▁decis ive ▁inter vention ▁of ▁categories ▁foreign ▁to ▁' struct ural ism ' ▁... , ▁the ▁termin ology ▁we ▁employed ▁was ▁too ▁close ▁in ▁many ▁respect s ▁to ▁the ▁' struct ural ist ' ▁termin ology ▁not ▁to ▁give ▁rise ▁to ▁an ▁ambigu ity . ▁With ▁a ▁very ▁few ▁exceptions ▁... ▁our ▁interpretation ▁of ▁Marx ▁has ▁generally ▁been ▁recognized ▁and ▁jud ged , ▁in ▁hom age ▁to ▁the ▁current ▁fashion , ▁as ▁' struct ural ist ' ... ▁We ▁believe ▁that ▁despite ▁the ▁termin ological ▁ambigu ity , ▁the ▁prof ound ▁t endency ▁of ▁our ▁texts ▁was ▁not ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁' struct ural ist ' ▁ide ology . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁later ▁development , ▁femin ist ▁the or ist ▁Al ison ▁Ass iter ▁enumer ated ▁four ▁ideas ▁that ▁she ▁says ▁are ▁common ▁to ▁the ▁various ▁forms ▁of ▁struct ural ism . ▁First , ▁that ▁a ▁structure ▁determ ines ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁each ▁element ▁of ▁a ▁whole . ▁Second , ▁that ▁every ▁system ▁has ▁a ▁structure . ▁Third , ▁struct ural ▁laws ▁deal ▁with ▁co - ex istence ▁rather ▁than ▁change . ▁Four th , ▁structures ▁are ▁the ▁" real ▁things " ▁that ▁lie ▁beneath ▁the ▁surface ▁or ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁meaning . ▁