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ISBN
9780521846301
Publisert
2009-05-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
680 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
350
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Biographical note
Boris Wiseman is Senior Lecturer in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Durham."Fifteen highly readable essays... provide a thorough examination of the major controversies and influences associated with Lévi-Strauss's work and its continuing value and applications to contemporary social research.... Most useful for college and university libraries supporting degree programs in anthropology, sociology, history, and philosophy.... Highly recommended." - Choice
Claude Lévi-Strauss is one of the major thinkers of the modern age. Regarded as a crucial figure in the development of structuralism, his writings are studied across a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, philosophy and literary studies. The Cambridge Companion to Lévi-Strauss presents a major reassessment of his work and influence. The fifteen specially-commissioned essays in this volume engage with the controversies that have surrounded his ideas, and they probe the concealed influences and clichés that have obscured a true understanding of his work. The contributors are experts drawn from a number of fields, demonstrating the durability and importance of Lévi-Strauss's work in the academy. Written for students and researchers alike, these incisive, jargon-free essays will be essential reading for anybody who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of this important thinker.
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Introduction Boris Wiseman; Part I. Society and Culture: 1. Lévi-Strauss and the question of humanism Denis Kambouchner; 2. Lévi-Strauss and history Michael E. Harkin; 3. Structure and exchange Abraham Rosman and Paula G. Rubel; 4. The future of the structural theory of kinship Marcela Coelho de Souza; Part II. Myth and Mind: 5. The two natures of Lévi-Strauss Philippe Descola; 6. On anthropological knowledge Claude Imbert; 7. The limits of classification: Claude Lévi-Strauss and Mary Douglas Frédéric Keck; 8. The local and the universal Eric Schwimmer; 9. Lévi-Strauss and the question of symbolism Marcel Hénaff; 10. Claude Lévi-Strauss's theoretical and actual approaches to myth Wendy Doniger; Part III. Language and Alterity: 11. Of The Story of Lynx: Lévi-Strauss and alterity Peter Gow; 12. Before Babel: language and languages in Lévi-Strauss Christopher Johnson; Part IV. Literature and Aesthetics: 13. Structuralism, poetry, music: Lévi-Strauss between Mallarmé and Wagner Jeffrey Mehlman; 14. Morphology and structural aesthetics: from Goethe to Lévi-Strauss Jean Petitot; 15. Structure and sensation Boris Wiseman.
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Presents a major reassessment of Lévi-Strauss, the influential anthropologist regarded as a major influence on the development of structuralism.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521846301
Publisert
2009-05-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
680 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
350
Redaktør