Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009): The apotheosis of heroic anthropology (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)

Levi-strauss, Claude

Claude Lévi-Strauss’s theories have been fundamental to the renewal of modern anthropology, in particular the study of kinship systems, totemism, classification, and mythology. Throughout his works, he has sought to understand the functioning of so-called “primitive” modes of thought. In opposition to the theories formulated by influential predecessors such as Lucien LévyBruhl, he has revealed ...

Doja The shoulders of our giants : Claude Levi - Strauss and his legacy in current ́ anthropology

In the course of anti-structuralist criticism, the main thrust of LéviStrauss’s epistemological approach seems to have been lost, to the collective detriment of social sciences and anthropology. By its monumental character, Lévi-Strauss’s work evokes that of the founders of anthropology, whereas, by the way in which it puts in relation the cultural and the mental, it anticipates a theoretical a...

Breastfeeding as custom not culture: Cutting meaning down to size (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)

13 Richard A. O’Connor and Penny Van Esterik Richard A. O’Connor is Biehl Professor of Anthropology at Sewanee: The University of the South. Penny Van Esterik is Professor of Anthropology at York University, Toronto. This article is developed from a chapter in ‘The dance of nurture: Embodying infant feeding’ (in preparation) by the authors, and builds on the biocultural approach begun in ‘Negot...

CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS: The Man and His Works

the present study is a survey os postmodern historical novel with respect to the voice of women. it argues how the recorded history is regulated by the rules of power and how women have been excluded from this discourse.ther study analysez angela carters nights at the circus as an example of postmodern historical novel to illustrate how this novel has questioned the historical narrative and how it has inserted women into history by breaking the rules of patriarchy.

the present thesis is a study of postmodern historical novel with respect to the voice of women. according to postmodern historiography,the established institution of history is one of the other manifestations of patriarchys power which has silenced women. the study analyzes angela carters nights at the circus as a postmodern historical novel which makes its female characters transgress the pat...