Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Formative Years

by Christopher Johnson

Book Overview

Claude L?vi-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists, has influenced the entire field of the humanities and social sciences. Looking at the formative part of his career, Christopher Johnson examines his definitions of anthropology; theory of structuralism; ideas on modern and "primitive" civilizations; and autobiographical writing. This book explains L?vi-Strauss' thought and explores the different intellectual contexts that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521016673
• ISBN13: 9780521016674
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.8"