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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797212903321

Autore

Pace David

Titolo

Claude Levi-Strauss : the bearer of ashes / / David Pace

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-40073-9

1-315-68162-5

1-317-40072-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions : Social and Cultural Anthropology ; ; Volume 2

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Structural anthropology

Ethnology - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1983 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The artisan of knowledge; 2 The confessions of Lévi-Strauss; 3 Nature, art, and authenticity; 4 Echoes of Rousseau; 5 The critique of cultural evolution; 6 Out of history; 7 The semantics of ethnocentrism; 8 A universe of rules; 9 The anthropology of ressentiment; Notes; General bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Lévi-Strauss is one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century yet he is a very private and isolated figure, who has been reticent about himself. This book, first published in 1983,provides a fascinating insight into his character through a careful reading of the more speculative passages of his books and interviews. His personal existential and psychological orientation is explored through a structural analysis of Tristes Tropiques, his most personal book, and his writings on art, nature and civilization and through a consideration of his debt to Rousseau. Dr Pace examines in depth L