The Cambridge companion to Lévi-Strauss / edited by Boris Wiseman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wiseman, Boris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lévi-Strauss, Claude.

Structural anthropology.

Lévi-Strauss, Claude--Philosophy.

Lévi-Strauss, Claude--Criticism and interpretation.

Criticism and interpretation.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xii, 337 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Summary:

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, explore the concealed influences that have shaped his thought and expose the obscuring clichés that have all too often been used by commentators and critics. The contributors are experts drawn from a number of fields, demonstrating the durability and importance of Lévi-Strauss's work in contemporary thought. 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.

Contents:

Part I Society and culture 17

1 Lévi-Strauss and the question of humanism Denis Kambouchner Followed By A Letter From Claude Lévi-Strauss 19

2 Lévi-Strauss and history / Michael E. Harkin 39

3 Structure and exchange Abraham Rosman / Paula G. Rubel 59

4 The future of the structural theory of kinship / Marcela Coelho De Souza 80

Part II Myth and mind 101

5 The two natures of Lévi-Strauss / Philippe Descola 103

6 On anthropological knowledge / Claude Imbert 118

7 The limits of classification: Claude Lévi-Strauss and Mary Douglas / Frédéric Keck 139

8 The local and the universal / Eric Schwimmer 156

9 Lévi-Strauss and the question of symbolism / Marcel Hénaff 177

10 Claude Lévi-Strauss's theoretical and actual approaches to myth / Wendy Doniger 196

Part III Language and alterity 217

11 Of The Story of Lynx: Lévi-Strauss and alterity / Peter Gow 219

12 Before Babel: Lévi-Strauss and language / Christopher Johnson 237

Part IV Literature and aesthetics 255

13 Structuralism, poetry, music: Lévi-Strauss between Mallarmé and Wagner / Jeffrey Mehlman 257

14 Morphology and structural aesthetics: from Goethe to Lévi-Strauss / Jean Petitot 275

15 Structure and sensation / Boris Wiseman 296.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-320) and index.

ISBN:

9780521846301

0521846307

9780521608671

0521608678

OCLC:

268793246