Socio-Cultural Anthropology - General & Miscellaneous, Anthropology - General & Miscellaneous

Structural Anthropology, Vol. 1

Name: Structural Anthropology, Vol. 1
Author: Claude Levi-strauss
ISBN: 9780465095162

by Claude Levi-strauss, Claire Jacobson (Translator), Brooke Grundfest Schoepf

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Overview

The “structural method,” first set forth in this epoch-making book, changed the very face of social anthropology. This reissue of a classic will reintroduce readers to Lévi-Strauss’s understanding of man and society in terms of individuals—kinship, social organization, religion, mythology, and art.

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"The “structural method,” first set forth in this epoch-making book, changed the very face of social anthropology. This reissue of a classic will reintroduce readers to Lévi-Strauss’s understanding of"

About the Author, Claude Levi-strauss

Claude Lévi-Strauss is a member of the Académie Française and has occupied the chair of social anthropology at the Collège de France. He is the author of numerous books, including Structural Anthropology, The Raw and the Cooked, The Origin of Table Manners, and The View from Afar.