Lévi-Strauss on ReligionThe Structuring Mind
Paul-François Tremlett
Series: Key Thinkers in the Study of Religion Hardback Price £45.00/$65.00 Paperback Price £14.99/$24.95 |    |
Description
Claude Lévi-Strauss and the style of thinking known as ‘structuralism’ with which his work is conventionally associated is widely recognized as having made a seminal contribution to the discipline of anthropology. More generally, his writings register the turn to language in social theory in the 1960s, and are marked by the influence of Kant, Rousseau, Saussurian linguistics, Marx and Freud. In turn, Lévi-Strauss is recognized as having been a key influence on thinkers such as Althusser, Lacan, Foucault and Derrida. This volume seeks to address a key gap in the burgeoning secondary literature about Lévi-Strauss: his importance to the study of religions. This volume pays particular attention to Lévi-Strauss’ writings on totemism, myth and “la pensée sauvage” situating these writings both in terms of previous theories of religion and in terms of the wider influences that informed his work.
This volume provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of Lévi-Strauss’ life and work, the thinkers and theories that informed his writings, and his contribution to the study of religions.
Claude Lévi-Strauss and the style of thinking known as ‘structuralism’ with which his work is conventionally associated is widely recognized as having made a seminal contribution to the discipline of anthropology. More generally, his writings register the turn to language in social theory in the 1960s, and are marked by the influence of Kant, Rousseau, Saussurian linguistics, Marx and Freud. In turn, Lévi-Strauss is recognized as having been a key influence on thinkers such as Althusser, Lacan, Foucault and Derrida. This volume seeks to address a key gap in the burgeoning secondary literature about Lévi-Strauss: his importance to the study of religions. This volume pays particular attention to Lévi-Strauss’ writings on totemism, myth and “la pensée sauvage” situating these writings both in terms of previous theories of religion and in terms of the wider influences that informed his work.
This volume provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of Lévi-Strauss’ life and work, the thinkers and theories that informed his writings, and his contribution to the study of religions.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter one: Lévi-Strauss, linguistics and structuralism
Chapter two: kinship as communication
Chapter three: the illusion of totemism
Chapter four: myths without meaning?
Chapter five: structuralism, shamanism and material culture
Chapter six: the structure of nostalgia
Chapter seven: Lévi-Strauss and the study of religions
Reviews
'Key Thinkers in the Study of Religion, published by Equinox, is a welcome series, comprising a set of concise introductions to the life and work of various major figures in the social-scientific study of religion. These introductions are aimed first and foremost at undergraduates or others making their first acquaintance with the work and ideas of a particular scholar.'
Temenos, Vol 45, No. 2 (May 2010)
Specifications
| ISBN-10 (Hardback) | 1845532775 |
| ISBN-13 (Hardback) | 9781845532772 |
| Price (Hardback) | £45.00/$65.00 |
| ISBN-10 (Paperback) | 1845532783 |
| ISBN-13 (Paperback) | 9781845532789 |
| Price (Paperback) | £14.99/$24.95 |
| Publication Date | November 2008 |
| Pages | 132 |
| Size | 234 x 156mm |
| Readership | students |
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