Genesis of Symbolic Thought

by Alan Barnard

Book Overview

Symbolic thought is what makes us human. Claude L vi-Strauss stated that we can never know the genesis of symbolic thought, but in this powerful new study Alan Barnard argues that we can. Continuing the line of analysis initiated in Social Anthropology and Human Origins (Cambridge University Press, 2011), The Genesis of Symbolic Thought applies ideas from social anthropology, old and new, to understand some of the areas also being explored in fields...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107651093
• ISBN13: 9781107651098
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"