Claude Levi-Strauss
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Book Overview
In this lucide guide to the often abstruse works of Claude L vi-Strauss, Edmund Leach synthesizes the thought of one of the twentieth century's greatest anthropologists and provides a thoughtful introduction to the theory and practice of structuralism. Leach organizes his work not by chronology but by theme, exploring three important topics in L vi-Strauss's work: human beings and their symbols, the structure of myth, and kinship theory. Written concisely and with great care and penetration, this brief book is both a fine introduction for the uninitiated reader of L vi-Strauss and a critical analysis that will prove valuable to those more familiar with the anthropologist's work.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226469689
ISBN13:9780226469683
Release Date:October 1989
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:153 Pages
Weight:0.46 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Perhaps it is because the ideas themselves are so difficult but I found this work very hard to understand. Leach uses much technical terminology and perhaps this helps those within the world of ethnology but I found myself double and triple- reading passages. Still to read about 'Triste Tropique', the supreme spiritual and intellectual adventure of Levi- Strauss is proof of Pliny's dictum, that there is 'no book that does not give something of value.'
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