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The Cambridge Companion to Lévi-Strauss (Cambridge Companion To...)

By Boris Wiseman

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0521846307, 9780521846301, 9780521608671
LCC
GN362 .C345 2009
Open Library ID
OL23175333M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2600947 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Companion To...
Edition
1
Pages
337\342
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

Claude Lévi-Strauss is one of the major thinkers of the modern age. Regarded as a crucial figure in the development of structuralism, his writings are studied across a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, philosophy and literary studies. The Cambridge Companion to Lévi-Strauss presents a major reassessment of his work and influence. The fifteen specially-commissioned essays in this volume engage with the controversies that have surrounded his ideas, and they probe the concealed influences and clichés that have obscured a true understanding of his work. The contributors are experts drawn from a number of fields, demonstrating the durability and importance of Lévi-Strauss's work in the academy. Written for students and researchers alike, these incisive, jargon-free essays will be essential reading for anybody who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of this important thinker.

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