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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tremlett, Paul-François.

Series:

Key thinkers in the study of religion.

Key thinkers in the study of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lévi-Strauss, Claude.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub. Ltd., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-113) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-71109-5

1-317-49091-6

9781315711096

OCLC:

646535664