Levi-Strauss on religion : the structuring mind / / Paul-Francois Tremlett

• Autore: Tremlett Paul-Francois
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Oakville, CT, : Equinox Pub. Ltd., 2008
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (134 pages)
• Disciplina: 200.92
• Soggetto topico: Religion
• Classificazione: 11.01
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-113) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Levi-Strauss, linguistics and structuralism -- Kinship as communication -- The illusion of totemism -- Myths without meaning -- Structuralism, shamanism, and material culture -- The structure of nostalgia -- Levi-Strauss and the study of religions.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume seeks to address a key gap in the burgeoning secondary literature about Lévi-Strauss: his importance to the study of religions. This volume pays particular attention to Lévi-Strauss' writings on totemism, myth and "la pensée sauvage" situating these writings both in terms of previous theories of religion and in terms of the wider influences that informed his work.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lévi-Strauss on Religion
• ISBN: 1-315-71109-5; 1-317-49091-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817498003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Key thinkers in the study of religion.