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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
The Macat Library |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; WAYS IN TO THE TEXT; Who Was Claude Lévi-Strauss?; What Does Structural Anthropology Say?; Why Does Structural Anthropology Matter?; SECTION 1: INFLUENCES; Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context; Module 2: Academic Context; Module 3: The Problem; Module 4: The Author's Contribution; SECTION 2: IDEAS; Module 5: Main Ideas; Module 6: Secondary Ideas; Module 7: Achievement; Module 8: Place in the Author's Work; SECTION 3: IMPACT; Module 9: The First Responses; Module 10: The Evolving Debate; Module 11: Impact and Influence Today |
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Module 12: Where Next?Glossary of Terms; People Mentioned in the Text; Works Cited |
| Summary |
"Claude Lévi-Strauss is probably the most complex anthropological theorist of all time. His work continues to influence present-day thinkers in his field, but he is perhaps even more influential beyond it. As one of the key figures in the development of what is known today as 'French theory, ' Lévi-Strauss was one of the most important thinkers of the 20th-century. His theories of interpretation, meaning and culture have helped shape the ideas and methodologies of a range of disciplines, above all literature and philosophy. At the heart of Lévi-Strauss's work are the questions of meaning and where meaning comes from. As an anthropologist, he was primarily interested in what completely different and separate cultures might have in common. Crucially, he saw how common ground resides not on the surface of cultures (i.e., in similar customs), but deep inside invisible background structures of thought. His quest was to peel away the surface of different cultures through careful interpretation, advancing from one layer to another until he discovered the structures that lay behind all of the exterior practices and meanings. Infamously challenging, his work shows interpretative skills working at the highest, most abstract level possible."--Provided by publisher |
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Lévi-Strauss, Claude. Anthropologie structurale. English.
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| SUBJECT |
Anthropologie structurale (Lévi-Strauss, Claude) fast |
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Structural anthropology -- France
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Structural anthropology
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France
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wheater, Kitty
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| ISBN |
9781912128341 |
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1912128349 |
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