Claude Levi-Strauss (Modern Masters) - Softcover

Leach, Edmund

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9780670019809: Claude Levi-Strauss (Modern Masters)

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ISBN 10: 0670019801 ISBN 13: 9780670019809

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1975

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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.

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In this lucid guide to the often abstruse works of Claude Levi-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.

About the Author:

Edmund Leach (1910-1989) was professor of social anthropology at Cambridge University and the author of numerous books, including Rethinking Anthropology and Culture and Communication.

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