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

• Autore: Pace David
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 306; 301.092
• Soggetto topico: Structural anthropology; Ethnology - Philosophy
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Claude Levi-Strauss
• ISBN: 1-317-40073-9; 1-315-68162-5; 1-317-40072-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910970585603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Social and Cultural Anthropology