Claude Levi-Strauss and the Making of Structural Anthropology

by Henaff, Marcel; Baker, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780816627615
• ISBN10: 0816627614
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Summary

As anthropology continues to transform itself, this book affords a broad and balanced account of the remarkable accomplishments of one of the great intellectual innovators of the 20th century. It presents an authoritative and accessible analysis of Claude Levi-Strauss's research in anthropological theory and practice as well as his contributions to debates surrounding linguistics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics.

Author Biography

Marcel Henaff is a professor at the University of California, San Diego, and a program director at the College International de Philosophie, Paris.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Levi-Strauss and Structuralism	p. 1
The Anthropologist, the West, and the Others	p. 21
The Movement of Reciprocity	p. 36
Structures of Kinship	p. 68
Unconscious Categories and Universality of the Mind	p. 94
Symbolic Thought	p. 120
The Logic of Sensible Qualities	p. 141
The Analysis of Myths	p. 159
The Lesson of the Work of Art	p. 190
Time in Societies and the Question of History	p. 214
Concluding Remarks: The Moral Issue	p. 237
Chronology	p. 245
Notes	p. 261
Bibliography	p. 265
Index	p. 285
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