num_pages: 146
description: In this lucide guide to the often abstruse works of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Edmund Leach synthesizes the thought of one of the twentieth century's greatest anthropologists and provides a thoughtful introduction to the theory and practice of structuralism. Leach organizes his work not by chronology but by theme, exploring three important topics in Lévi-Strauss's human beings and their symbols, the structure of myth, and kinship theory. Written concisely and with great care and penetration, this brief book is both a fine introduction for the uninitiated reader of Lévi-Strauss and a critical analysis that will prove valuable to those more familiar with the anthropologist's work.
language: English
title: Claude Levi-Strauss
titlecomplete: Claude Levi-Strauss (Modern Masters)
genres: Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Biography, Nonfiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 144
publisher: Penguin Books