1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455922803321

Titolo

The double twist : from ethnography to morphodynamics / / edited by Pierre Maranda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

1-282-01437-4

9786612014376

1-4426-8112-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Anthropological Horizons

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Structural anthropology

Mythology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Maranda, Pierre -- Part One: Ethnography and the Canonical Formula -- 1. Hourglass Configurations / Lévi-Strauss, Claude -- 2. Analogy and the Canonical Formula of Mythic Transformations / Racine, Luc -- 3. Is the Canonic Formula Useful in Cultural Description? / Schwimmer, Eric -- 4. Mapping Cultural Transformation through the Canonical Formula: The Pagan versus Christian Ontological Status of Women among the Lau People of Malaita, Solomon Islands / Maranda, Pierre -- Part Two: Analyses, Tests, and Contextualizations of the Canonical Formula -- 5. Hesiod, the Three Functions, and the Canonical Formula of Myth / Scubla, Lucien -- 6. Classical Myths and Transformation: Computer Observation of the Levi-Strauss Formula at Work / Darányi, Sándor -- 7. Ramistic Commonplaces, Levi-Straussian Mythlogic, and Binary Logic / Gregory, Christopher A. -- Part Three: The Logico-Mathematical Status of the Canonical Formula -- 8. The Set of Canonical Transformations Implied in the Canonical Formula for the Analysis of



Myth / Côté, Alain -- 9. On Some Philosophical Dynamic and Connectionist Implications of the Canonical Formula of Myth Seen as Space Categorization / Quinn, Andrew William -- 10. A Morphodynamical Schematization of the Canonical Formula for Myths / Petitot, Jean -- Conclusion / Maranda, Pierre -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The essays in this intriguing collection all discuss Claude Levi-Strauss' "Canonical Formula," which he created in 1955 as a means of anthropological investigation. This apparently mathematical formula relates myths to cultural artifacts, and is especially applicable to the study of mental processes. In his paper, Levi-Strauss argues that the similarities in the architecture of seemingly disparate groups suggests a cognitive pattern that is shared by humanity; a "...geometry that human endeavour has envisioned." The purpose of the work is to test the significance of the Formula, which is controversial and, for some, worthless. Part one applies the Formula to ethnographic field data and shows how it can lead to a deeper understanding of cultural facts; part two applies it to a body of Classical myths as an analytical tool, and part three focuses on the formal and mathematical applications and developments of the formula.The volume brings together international scholars - including Levi-Strauss, himself - from a variety of disciplines and offers important advances in structuralist thought. The essays build on each other to create a lucid, sophisticated work that pushes the limits of structuralism. This is a valuable book for scholars and advanced students of disciplines as diverse as anthropology, classical and religious studies, architecture, semiotics and mathematics.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009024960403321

Titolo

Planta medica

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart - New York, : Thieme

ISSN

0032-0943

Disciplina

615.32

Lingua di pubblicazione

Molteplice

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996681181603316

Autore

KAPUSCINSKI, Ryszard

Titolo

Ebano / Ryszard Kapuscinski ; traduzione di Vera Verdiani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Feltrinelli, 2003

ISBN

88-07-81706-3

Edizione

[3. ed]

Descrizione fisica

277 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

Universale economica ; 1706

Disciplina

960.32

Soggetti

Africa - Storia

Collocazione

XVI.7.G. 129

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia