Introducing Levi-Strauss
A Graphic Guide
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An Introducing Graphic Guide to the father of modern anthropology.
Introducing Levi-Strauss is a guide to the work of the great French anthropologist Claude Levi- Strauss (1908-2009). The book brilliantly traces the development and influence of Levis-Strauss' thought, from his early work on the function of the incest taboo to initiate an exchange of women between groups, to his identification of a timeless 'wild' or 'primitive' mode of thinking - a pensee sauvage - behind the processes of human culture.
Accessibly written by Boris Wiseman and beautifully illustrated by Judy Groves, Introducing Levi- Strauss also explores the major contribution that Levi-Strauss made to contemporary aesthetic history - his work on American-Indian mythology provides a key insight into the way in which art itself comes into being.
This is an essential introduction to a key thinker.
Accessibly written by Boris Wiseman and beautifully illustrated by Judy Groves, Introducing Levi- Strauss also explores the major contribution that Levi-Strauss made to contemporary aesthetic history - his work on American-Indian mythology provides a key insight into the way in which art itself comes into being.
This is an essential introduction to a key thinker.
Author bio:
Dr Wiseman studied in London at King's College and the London School of Economics and in Paris at the Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Ecole Normale Superieure. He had been a lecturer in the French Department at Durham University since 1997 and is currently at the University of Copenhagen.Judy Groves is a painter, graphic designer and illustrator. She has illustrated numerous Introducing titles.
Category:
Philosophy
ISBN:
9781848316935
Publisher:
Icon Books
Imprint:
Icon
Pub Date:
July 2014
Page Extent:
176
Format:
Paperback - A format
Age:
0 - 0
Subject:
Philosophy
