Levi Strauss On Religion

Author : Paul-Francois Tremlett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317490913

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Levi-Strauss on Religion by Paul-Francois Tremlett Pdf

Levi-Strauss, the 'father of modern anthropology', is one of the most influential thinkers of the Twentieth Century. His development of 'structuralism' - the identification of patterns of human cognition and behaviour - greatly influenced Althusser, Lacan, Foucault and Derrida. -Levi-Strauss on Religion- presents one of the only examinations of the importance of Levi-Strauss' thought and work to the study of religion. The book examines his methodology as well as his contributions to the study of kinship, totemism, and myth. The issues raised by Levi-Strauss' anthropological, political and philosophical texts are placed alongside contemporary debates in religious studies and the student is introduced to the thinkers and theories that informed his writings. This book will be invaluable to students of the anthropology and phenomenology of religion.

Author : Claude Levi-Strauss
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780807046807

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Totemism by Claude Levi-Strauss Pdf

"Levi-Strauss continues his assault on the myth of the primitice as savage by turning to the phenomena of totemism an totoemix classification ... to show, contrary to this myth, that primitive thought rests upon a rich and complex conceptual structure." – Commentary

Author : Paul-Francois Tremlett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1317490894

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Levi-Strauss on Religion by Paul-Francois Tremlett Pdf

Author : Claude Lévi-Strauss
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226413112

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Wild Thought by Claude Lévi-Strauss Pdf

As the most influential anthropologist of his generation, Claude Lévi-Strauss left a profound mark on the development of twentieth-century thought. Through a mixture of insights gleaned from linguistics, sociology, and ethnology, Lévi-Strauss elaborated his theory of structural unity in culture and became the preeminent representative of structural anthropology. La Pensée sauvage, first published in French in 1962, was his crowning achievement. Ranging over philosophies, historical periods, and human societies, it challenged the prevailing assumption of the superiority of modern Western culture and sought to explain the unity of human intellection. Controversially titled The Savage Mind when it was first published in English in 1966, the original translation nevertheless sparked a fascination with Lévi-Strauss’s work among Anglophone readers. Wild Thought rekindles that spark with a fresh and accessible new translation. Including critical annotations for the contemporary reader, it restores the accuracy and integrity of the book that changed the course of intellectual life in the twentieth century, making it an indispensable addition to any philosophical or anthropological library.

Author : Christopher Johnson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521016673

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Claude Lévi-Strauss by Christopher Johnson Pdf

Lévi-Strauss is one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. His theory of structuralism has been influential not only in anthropology, but across the entire field of the humanities and social sciences. This book looks at the formative period of his career, from the 1940s to the early 1960s, where he attempts to define both his own place in anthropology and the place of anthropology in the wider context of the human sciences in France. Through a close reading of key texts, Christopher Johnson provides an introduction to key aspects of Lévi-Strauss thought, at the same time posing more general questions concerning the construction of theory and the different modes of conceptualization that inform theory. Johnson looks at the ideological and autobiographical dimensions of Lévi-Strauss work, and demonstrates how the impact of structuralism as an intellectual movement has clearly been greater than the sum of its theoretical parts.

Author : Robert L. Moore,Frank Reynolds
Publisher : Scientific Study of Religion
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X000907532

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Anthropology and the Study of Religion by Robert L. Moore,Frank Reynolds Pdf

Author : Brian Morris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1987-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 052133991X

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Anthropological Studies of Religion by Brian Morris Pdf

A lucid outline of explanations of religious phenomena offered by such great thinkers as Hegel, Marx, and Weber.

Author : Laurie L. Patton,Wendy Doniger
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0813916577

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Myth and Method by Laurie L. Patton,Wendy Doniger Pdf

In confronting these tension, they provide an outline of the most troubling questions in the field and offer a variety of responses to them.

Author : Hans H. Penner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 0788504908

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Teaching Lévi-Strauss by Hans H. Penner Pdf

Claude L ́evi-Strauss's mid-twentieth-century work in structural anthropology revolutionized the study of myth, kinship, and totemism, with lasting effects in cultural studies generally and especially in religious studies. This book provides an introduction to this revolution through generous excerpts of some of L ́evi-Strauss's most important writing on religion. Reactions and responses, both positive and negative, to the revolution are also included, along with some of L ́evi-Strauss's replies to his critics. A general introduction by volume editor Hans Penner provides a framework for understanding the historical development and contemporary meaning of structuralism for religious studies. This volume provides an unparalleled resource for teaching about structuralism.

Author : Adrian Cunningham
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:X000241512

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The Theory of Myth by Adrian Cunningham Pdf

Author : Graham Cunningham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : UVA:X006077697

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Religion and Magic by Graham Cunningham Pdf

This book is a survey summarising the approaches taken to religion and magic by the principal scholars in the preceding and present centuries. It is simple, straightforward and short, with a clear, easy-to-read style. It is the perfect reference tool for students, introducing them to the main theories and debates in a readable and informative manner.Key Features* Prepares student for more complex texts on Religious Studies and the idea of religion* Addresses contemporary as well as historical ideas and figures* Includes contextual details on scholars* Over forty individuals covered including: Hegel, Marx, Engels, Weber, Frazer, Freud, Jung, Durkheim, Levy-Bruhl, Skorupski, Levi-Strauss, Lawson, McCauley

Author : Edmund Leach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135032944

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The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism by Edmund Leach Pdf

Designed to provoke controversy, the papers in this volume concentrate on two main themes: the study of myth and totemism. Starting with an English translation of La Geste d'Asdiwal, which is widely considered to be the most brilliant of all of Lévi-Strauss's shorter expositions of his technique of myth analysis, the volume also contains criticism of this essay. The second part of the volume discusses how far Lévi-Strauss's treatment of totemism as a system of category formation can be correlated with the facts that an ethnographer encounters in the field. First published in 1967.

Author : Claude Lévi-Strauss
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1990-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0226474968

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The Naked Man by Claude Lévi-Strauss Pdf

"The Naked Man is the fourth and final volume [of Mythologiques], written by the most influential and probably the most controversial anthropologist of our time. . . . Myths from North and South America are set side by side to show their transformations: in passing from person to person and place to place, a myth can change its content and yet retain its structural principles. . . . Apart from the complicated transformations discovered and the fascinating constructions placed on these, the stories themselves provide a feast."—Betty Abel, Contemporary Review "Lévi-Strauss uses the structural method he developed to analyze and 'decode' the mythology of native North Americans, focusing on the area west of the Rockies. . . . [The author] takes the opportunity to refute arguments against his method; his chapter 'Finale' is a defense of structural analysis as well as the closing statement of this four-volume opus which started with an 'Ouverture' in The Raw and the Cooked."—Library Journal "The culmination of one of the major intellectual feats of our time."—Paul Stuewe, Quill and Quire

Author : David Pace
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317400738

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Claude Levi-Strauss by David Pace Pdf

Lévi-Strauss is one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century yet he is a very private and isolated figure, who has been reticent about himself. This book, first published in 1983,provides a fascinating insight into his character through a careful reading of the more speculative passages of his books and interviews. His personal existential and psychological orientation is explored through a structural analysis of Tristes Tropiques, his most personal book, and his writings on art, nature and civilization and through a consideration of his debt to Rousseau. Dr Pace examines in depth Lévi-Strauss’s critique of cultural evolutionism and his attack on the notion of world history. He assesses the political implications of Lévi-Strauss’s own interpretation of human progress through an examination of his debates with Sartre and other Marxists in the 1950s and 1960s and his subsequent movement to the right. The author’s concern throughout is to place the world-view of this great French anthropologist in the context of twentieth-century intellectuals’ struggle to come to grips with cultural relativism and the ‘problem’ of the primitive.

Author : Marjorie Garber
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780823242061

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Loaded Words by Marjorie Garber Pdf

In Loaded Words the inimitable literary and cultural critic Marjorie Garber invites readers to join her in a rigorous and exuberant exploration of language. What links the pieces included in this vibrant new collection is the author’s contention that all words are inescapably loaded—that is, highly charged, explosive, substantial, intoxicating, fruitful, and overbrimming—and that such loading is what makes language matter. Garber casts her keen eye on terms from knowledge, belief, madness, interruption, genius, and celebrity to humanities, general education, and academia. Included here are an array of stirring essays, from the title piece, with its demonstration of the importance of language to our thinking about the world; to the superb “Mad Lib,” on the concept of madness from Mad magazine to debates between Foucault and Derrida; to pieces on Shakespeare, “the most culturally loaded name of our time,” and the Renaissance. With its wide range of cultural references and engaging style coupled with fresh intellectual inquiry, Loaded Words will draw in and enchant scholars, students, and general readers alike.