Introducing Levi-Strauss is a guide to the work of the great French anthropologist Claude Levi- Strauss (1908-2009). The book brilliantly traces the development and influence of Levis-Strauss' thought, from his early work on the function of the incest taboo to initiate an exchange of women between groups, to his identification of a timeless 'wild' or 'primitive' mode of thinking - a pensee sauvage - behind the processes of human culture.
Accessibly written by Boris Wiseman and beautifully illustrated by Judy Groves, Introducing Levi- Strauss also explores the major contribution that Levi-Strauss made to contemporary aesthetic history - his work on American-Indian mythology provides a key insight into the way in which art itself comes into being.
This is an essential introduction to a key thinker.
- ISBN:
- 9781848316935
- 9781848316935
-
Category:
- Anthropology
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
05-06-2014
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Icon Books
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 176
- Dimensions (mm):
- 168x120x10mm
- Weight:
- 0.12kg
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