| Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Formative Years Contributor(s): Johnson, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 051180380X ISBN-13: 9780511803802 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 influenced it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Christopher: - CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON is Professor of French at the University of Nottingham. |