Claude L騅i-Strauss: The Formative Years (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521016674)

Claude L騅i-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists, has influenced the entire field of the humanities and social sciences. Looking at the formative part of his career, Christopher Johnson examines his definitions of anthropology; theory of structuralism; ideas on modern and "primitive" civilizations; and autobiographical writing. This book explains L騅i-Strauss' thought and explores the different intellectual contexts that influenced it.

Author: Christopher Johnson
ISBN-10: 0521016673
ISBN-13: 9780521016674
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/27/2003
Pages: 218
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.82h x 6.36w x 0.57d