Levi-Strauss on Religion : the Structuring Mind.
Levi-Strauss, the 'father of modern anthropology', is one of the most influential thinkers of the Twentieth Century. His development of 'structuralism' - the identification of patterns of human cognition and behaviour - greatly influenced Althusser, Lacan, Foucault and Derrida.-L...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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Series: | Key thinkers in the study of religion.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction An intellectual biography; Chapter 1 Lévi-Strauss, linguistics and structuralism; Chapter 2 Kinship as communication; Chapter 3 The illusion of totemism; Chapter 4 Myths without meaning?; Chapter 5 Structuralism, shamanism and material culture; Chapter 6 The structure of nostalgia; Chapter 7 Lévi-Strauss and the study of religions; Bibliography; Index.