Claude Lévi-Strauss: A Critical Study of His Thought

By Maurice Godelier

Book Overview

One of the world's leading anthropologists assesses the work of the founder of structural anthropology

As a young man, Maurice Godelier was Claude L vi-Strauss's assistant. Since then, Godelier has drawn on this experience to develop a profound and intimate grasp on the writings of his former teacher, one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Meticulously researched, L vi-Strauss: A Critical Study of His Thought will prove indispensable to students of L vi-Strauss and to structural anthropologists more generally. It is a compelling and comprehensive study destined to become the definitive work on the evolution of L vi-Strauss's ideas, at the heart of which lies his analysis of kinship and myth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784787078
• ISBN13: 9781784787073
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"