Levi-Strauss on religion
By: Paul-François Tremlett.
Series: Key thinkers in the study of religion
Publisher: Equinox Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9781845532789
Subjects: Lévi-Strauss, Claude; Religion
Description: "This volume seeks to address a key gap in the burgeoning secondary literature about a Levi-Strauss: his importance to the study of religions. This volume pays particular attention to Levi-Strauss' writings on totemism, myth and "la pensee sauvage" situating these writings both in terms of previous theories of religion and in terms of the wider influences that informed his work." "This volume provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of Levi-Strauss' life and work, the thinkers and theories that informed his writings, and his contribution to the study of religions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Levi-Strauss, linguistics and structuralism; title: Kinship as communication; title: The illusion of totemism; title: Myths without meaning; title: Structuralism, shamanism, and material culture; title: The structure of nostalgia; title: Levi-Strauss and the study of religions.