Claude Levi-Strauss - Paperback - 9780521016674

Claude Lévi-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 Lévi-Strauss' thought and explores the different intellectual contexts that influenced it.

• | Author: Christopher Johnson
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 27, 2003
• | Number of Pages: 218 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0521016673
• | ISBN-13: 9780521016674