▁from ▁the ▁organizations ▁of ▁reality ▁and ▁those ▁of ▁ideas ▁or ▁the ▁imagination — the ▁" third ▁order ". ▁In ▁Lac an ' s ▁ps y cho anal yt ic ▁theory , ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁struct ural ▁order ▁of ▁" the ▁Symbol ic " ▁is ▁distinguished ▁both ▁from ▁" the ▁Real " ▁and ▁" the ▁Im ag inary "; ▁similarly , ▁in ▁Al th us ser ' s ▁Marx ist ▁theory , ▁the ▁struct ural ▁order ▁of ▁the ▁capital ist ▁mode ▁of ▁production ▁is ▁distinct ▁both ▁from ▁the ▁actual , ▁real ▁agents ▁involved ▁in ▁its ▁relations ▁and ▁from ▁the ▁ide ological ▁forms ▁in ▁which ▁those ▁relations ▁are ▁understood . ▁ ▁Bl ending ▁Fre ud ▁and ▁S auss ure , ▁the ▁French ▁( post ) struct ural ist ▁Jacques ▁Lac an ▁applied ▁struct ural ism ▁to ▁ps y cho analysis ▁and , ▁in ▁a ▁different ▁way , ▁Jean ▁Pi aget ▁applied ▁struct ural ism ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁psych ology . ▁But ▁Jean ▁Pi aget , ▁who ▁would ▁better ▁define ▁himself ▁as ▁construct iv ist , ▁cons iders ▁struct ural ism ▁as ▁" a ▁method ▁and ▁not ▁a ▁doctrine " ▁because ▁for ▁him ▁" there ▁exists ▁no ▁structure ▁without ▁a ▁construction , ▁abstract ▁or ▁gen etic ". ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁French ▁the or ist ▁Louis ▁Al th us ser ▁is ▁often ▁associated ▁with ▁a ▁brand ▁of ▁struct ural ▁social ▁analysis ▁which ▁helped ▁give ▁rise ▁to ▁" struct ural ▁Marx ism ", ▁such ▁association ▁was ▁cont ested ▁by ▁Al th us ser ▁himself ▁in ▁the