num_pages: 218
description: Claude Lévi-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists, has influenced the entire field of the humanities and social sciences. Looking at the formative part of his career, Christopher Johnson examines his definitions of anthropology; theory of structuralism; ideas on modern and "primitive" civilizations; and autobiographical writing. This book explains Lévi-Strauss' thought and explores the different intellectual contexts that influenced it.
language: English
title: Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Formative Years
titlecomplete: Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Formative Years
genres: History, Biography, Anthropology
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Cambridge University Press