LEADER 04905nam 2200697 450 001 9910455922803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-01437-4 010 $a9786612014376 010 $a1-4426-8112-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442681125 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004422 035 $a(EBL)3254800 035 $a(OCoLC)666910021 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000294270 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225530 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000294270 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10302908 035 $a(PQKB)10160258 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600254 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3254800 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672047 035 $a(DE-B1597)464957 035 $a(OCoLC)944177466 035 $a(OCoLC)999377762 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442681125 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672047 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257731 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL201437 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004422 100 $a20160922h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe double twist $efrom ethnography to morphodynamics /$fedited by Pierre Maranda 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2001. 210 4$d©2001 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 225 1 $aAnthropological Horizons 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-3524-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tContributors -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction / $rMaranda, Pierre -- $tPart One: Ethnography and the Canonical Formula -- $t1. Hourglass Configurations / $rLévi-Strauss, Claude -- $t2. Analogy and the Canonical Formula of Mythic Transformations / $rRacine, Luc -- $t3. Is the Canonic Formula Useful in Cultural Description? / $rSchwimmer, Eric -- $t4. Mapping Cultural Transformation through the Canonical Formula: The Pagan versus Christian Ontological Status of Women among the Lau People of Malaita, Solomon Islands / $rMaranda, Pierre -- $tPart Two: Analyses, Tests, and Contextualizations of the Canonical Formula -- $t5. Hesiod, the Three Functions, and the Canonical Formula of Myth / $rScubla, Lucien -- $t6. Classical Myths and Transformation: Computer Observation of the Levi-Strauss Formula at Work / $rDarányi, Sándor -- $t7. Ramistic Commonplaces, Levi-Straussian Mythlogic, and Binary Logic / $rGregory, Christopher A. -- $tPart Three: The Logico-Mathematical Status of the Canonical Formula -- $t8. The Set of Canonical Transformations Implied in the Canonical Formula for the Analysis of Myth / $rCôté, Alain -- $t9. On Some Philosophical Dynamic and Connectionist Implications of the Canonical Formula of Myth Seen as Space Categorization / $rQuinn, Andrew William -- $t10. A Morphodynamical Schematization of the Canonical Formula for Myths / $rPetitot, Jean -- $tConclusion / $rMaranda, Pierre -- $tBackmatter 330 $aThe essays in this intriguing collection all discuss Claude Levi-Strauss' "Canonical Formula," which he created in 1955 as a means of anthropological investigation. This apparently mathematical formula relates myths to cultural artifacts, and is especially applicable to the study of mental processes. In his paper, Levi-Strauss argues that the similarities in the architecture of seemingly disparate groups suggests a cognitive pattern that is shared by humanity; a "...geometry that human endeavour has envisioned." The purpose of the work is to test the significance of the Formula, which is controversial and, for some, worthless. Part one applies the Formula to ethnographic field data and shows how it can lead to a deeper understanding of cultural facts; part two applies it to a body of Classical myths as an analytical tool, and part three focuses on the formal and mathematical applications and developments of the formula.The volume brings together international scholars - including Levi-Strauss, himself - from a variety of disciplines and offers important advances in structuralist thought. The essays build on each other to create a lucid, sophisticated work that pushes the limits of structuralism. This is a valuable book for scholars and advanced students of disciplines as diverse as anthropology, classical and religious studies, architecture, semiotics and mathematics. 410 0$aAnthropological horizons. 606 $aStructural anthropology 606 $aMythology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aStructural anthropology. 615 0$aMythology. 676 $a301 702 $aMaranda$b Pierre 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455922803321 996 $aThe double twist$92454948 997 $aUNINA