Claude Lévi-Strauss
Subtitle: A Critical Study of His Thought
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781784787073
Subjects: Levi-strauss, claude, 1908-2009; Anthropology
Description: "One of the world's leading anthropologists assesses the work of the founder of structural anthropology Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss was among the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. In this rigorous study, Maurice Godelier traces the evolution of his thought. Focusing primarily on Levi-Strauss' analysis of kinship and myth, Godelier provides an assessment of his intellectual achievements and legacy. Meticulously researched,Claude Levi-Strauss is written in a clear and accessible style. The culmination of decades of engagement with Levi-Strauss' work, this book will prove indispensible to students of Levi-Strauss' thought and structural anthropology more generally"--