Pdf - The Absent Structure Umberto Eco

If structure is absent, then no single reading of a news event, a law, or a historical fact is final. Eco warned that this freedom is a double-edged sword. It allows creative interpretation but also permits conspiracy theories (where the “absent” structure is filled by a fantasy of a hidden master plan). His later work on fascism and fake news directly descends from The Absent Structure .

: The "absent structure" is not a void; it represents the infinite possibilities of interpretation that arise when a reader engages with a text. The Absent Structure Umberto Eco Pdf