1st Edition

Levi-Strauss Structuralism and Sociological Theory

By Andrew Benjamin Copyright 1975
132 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

What is the significance of Structuralism for social science? How original is Lévi-Strauss' contribution to social theory? Is he Marxist? Though Structuralism, and its leading representative Lévi-Strauss, are central to sociology, anthropology and psychology, the complexity of his work and the obscurity of his commentators have often proved a barrier to understanding. Now for the first time, Dr... Read more

1. Origins in Comte, Durkheim and Mauss  2. Culture as a Language  3. Lévi-Strauss and Marx  4. The Debate with Sartre  5. Lévi-Strauss and Freud

Biography

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