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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pace, David, author.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Social and Cultural Anthropology

Routledge Library Editions : Social and Cultural Anthropology ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lévi-Strauss, Claude.

Structural anthropology.

Ethnology--Philosophy.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

First published in 1983 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-40073-9

1-315-68162-5

1-317-40072-0

9781315681627

OCLC:

958108471