What does Culler mean when he says "society is the primary reality?"
He means of the ways we precieve things and differentiate between reality and fantasy, society is our main comparing system. We get our notion of what is real vs. what isn't from what society says.
How can society "precede" the indivisual? Is this a chicken and egg argument?
Two people from society come together and make the person, where as the person as a group make up society. I don't beleve it is an chicken and egg argument though because two general people had to come together first and two alone is not society.
Why isn't society the result of indivisual behavior?
Because one person does not make a general society. Many bodies come together make the society and thus many people's behaviors are needed. One person's behavior, however influential it can be, does not make a new society.
What is the underlying basis of the science of semiotics for culler?
The assumption that as long as human actions or productions convery meaning, they can be considered signs.
Is it correct to say that the single indivisual doesn't think? Explain why or why not.
I think it's wrong to say the indivisiual doesn't think. Instead I like to think the indivisual thinks, the group does. In other words, the indivisual thinks of things, but it's the group that puts it into action.
Why is the notion of the "self-made man/woman" an illusion? What does de Tocqueville say?
The idea of a self-made man/woman is that the person makes their own way without help from anyone else. That despite the challenges they can overcome on their own, they will always need some sort of help in one way or another. Tocqueville says indivisualism is from an inccorect judgement not depraved feelings.
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