1st Edition

Structuralist Analysis in Contemporary Social Thought A Comparison of the Theories of Claude Lévi-Strauss and Louis Althusser

By Miriam Glucksmann Copyright 1974
218 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

The primary concern of this book is to investigate whether or not structuralism constitutes a distinctive framework in the social sciences. The author focuses on two major structuralist thinkers, Louis Althusser and Claude Lévi-Strauss. She analyses and compares the structure of their theory, and places them within the context of their respective disciplines. Dr Glucksmann began working on this... Read more

1. The Approach to Structural and Structuralist Theory  2. Meanings and Uses of the Term Structure  3. Claude Lévi-Strauss  4. Louis Althusser  5. Structuralist Epistemology  6. Conclusion: The Structuralist Problematic

Biography

Glucksmann, Miriam