Lévi-Strauss, Claude

The savage mind by Claude Lévi-Strauss ( Book )
180 editions published between 1962 and 2010 in 20 languages and held by 2,742 libraries worldwide
Strukturalistische analyse van de door de primitieve mens gebruikte codificatiesystemen.

Structural anthropology by Claude Lévi-Strauss ( Book )
283 editions published between 1919 and 2010 in 14 languages and held by 2,734 libraries worldwide
Lévi-Strauss is not only one of the extremely few scholars of sufficient distinction to be able to say, without presumption, what social anthropology is about; but he has also actually demonstrated...that he is pre-eminently worth listening to. He does not simply practice social anthropology, he makes exciting and original contributions to it. This book provides an introduction to his distinctive approach to anthropology as the study of a science of general principles. The now renowned "structural method," which has changed the face of social anthropology, views man and society in terms of universals--kinship, social organization, religion and mythology, and art.

Tristes tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss ( Book )
299 editions published between 1955 and 2010 in 18 languages and held by 2,272 libraries worldwide
Tristes Tropiques was an immensely popular bestseller when it was first published in France in 1955. Claude Levi-Strauss's groundbreaking study of the societies of a number of Amazonian peoples is a cornerstone of structural anthropology and an exploration by the author of his own intellectual roots as a professor of philosophy in Brazil before the Second World War, as a Jewish exile from Nazi-occupied Europe, and later as a world-renowned academic (he taught at New York's New School for Social Research and was French cultural attache to the United States). Levi-Strauss's central journey leads from the Amazon basin through the dense upland jungles of Brazil. There, among the Amerindian tribes - the Caduveo, Bororo, Nambikwara, and Tupi-Kawahib - he found "a human society reduced to its most basic expression." Levi-Strauss's discussion of his fieldwork in Tristes Tropiques endures as a milestone of anthropology, but the book is also, in its brilliant diversions on other, more familiar cultures, a great work of literature, a vivid travelogue, and an engaging memoir - a demonstration of the marvelous mental agility of one of the century's most important thinkers. Presented here is the translation by John and Doreen Weightman of the complete text of the revised French edition of 1968, together with the original photographs and illustrations.

The raw and the cooked by Claude Lévi-Strauss ( Book )
64 editions published between 1964 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 1,929 libraries worldwide

The elementary structures of kinship by Claude Lévi-Strauss ( Book )
90 editions published between 1949 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 1,881 libraries worldwide
In Les Structures Élémentaires de la Parenté, the early opus magnum of French Structuralism, Lévi-Strauss tries to explain the systems of kinship and marriage in their enormous diversity and their frequently bizarre institutions, by means of a single principle: the exchange. Exchange is perceived to be the manifestation of fundamental structural constants of the human mind which may also be discerned in other subsystems of culture, most obviously in language. This book represents the first great result of the author's life-long research, dedicated to exploring this relationship, which also le.

Totemism by Claude Lévi-Strauss ( Book )
111 editions published between 1962 and 2005 in 12 languages and held by 1,707 libraries worldwide
An examination of the beliefs encompassed by totemism.

The way of the masks by Claude Lévi-Strauss ( Book )
82 editions published between 1975 and 2004 in 10 languages and held by 1,574 libraries worldwide
Study of masks of Northwest Coast Indians from BC. to Alaska.

From honey to ashes by Claude Lévi-Strauss ( Book )
43 editions published between 1966 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 1,474 libraries worldwide

The view from afar by Claude Lévi-Strauss ( Book )
51 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 1,466 libraries worldwide

Myth and meaning by Claude Lévi-Strauss ( Book )
59 editions published between 1977 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 1,358 libraries worldwide
In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Levi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence.