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Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Formative Years
Christopher Johnson
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Description for Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Formative Years
Paperback. Original analysis of and introduction to Claude Levi-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Lévi-Strauss is one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. His theory of structuralism has been influential not only in anthropology, but across the entire field of the humanities and social sciences. This book looks at the formative period of his career, from the 1940s to the early 1960s, where he attempts to define both his own place in anthropology and the place of anthropology in the wider context of the human sciences in France. Through a close reading of key texts, Christopher Johnson provides an introduction to key aspects of Lévi-Strauss' thought, at the same time posing ... Read more
Lévi-Strauss is one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. His theory of structuralism has been influential not only in anthropology, but across the entire field of the humanities and social sciences. This book looks at the formative period of his career, from the 1940s to the early 1960s, where he attempts to define both his own place in anthropology and the place of anthropology in the wider context of the human sciences in France. Through a close reading of key texts, Christopher Johnson provides an introduction to key aspects of Lévi-Strauss' thought, at the same time posing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521016674
SKU
KKD0005128
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About Christopher Johnson
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON is Professor of French at the University of Nottingham.
Reviews for Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Formative Years
'… lucid and comprehensive …'. The Times Higher Education Supplement