As anthropology continues to transform itself, this book affords a broad and balanced account of the remarkable accomplishments of one of the great intellectual innovators of the 20th century. It presents an authoritative and accessible analysis of Claude Levi-Strauss's research in anthropological theory and practice as well as his contributions to debates surrounding linguistics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics.
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Originally published in French in l991, this book by Henaff (philosophy and anthropology, Univ. of California, San Diego) is a comprehensive survey and authoritative analysis of Levi-Strauss's researches in and contributions to anthropology in light of his methodology of structuralism, offering an introduction and new chronology that are particularly informative. The concept of systematic reciprocity is held to be the essential aspect of cultural relationships, especially in models of "primitive" societies. Particular attention is given to time, incest, and totemism. Levi-Strauss's approach is grounded in the assumed universality of the human mind on the level of unconscious reality. Unfortunately, he did not place his structuralism within the broader perspective of evolutionism, thereby inadvertently paving the way for irrational postmodernism. Even so, Henaff's study is a significant contribution to understanding and appreciating this theoretical framework. Recommended for all large anthropology collections.?H. James Birx, Canisius Coll., Buffalo, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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