Levi-Strauss (RLE Social Theory): Structuralism and Sociological Theory (Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory) - Hardcover

Badcock, C.R.

 
9781138784253: Levi-Strauss (RLE Social Theory): Structuralism and Sociological Theory (Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory)
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ISBN 10: 1138784257 ISBN 13: 9781138784253
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

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 Badcock provides a jargon-free assessment of Lévi-Strauss' place in the tradition of French sociological thought – particularly to predecessors such as Comte, Durkheim and Mauss – discusses his relationship to Marx, Sartre, Freud and Talcott Parsons and provides a concise, non-technical account of his complex ideas on kinship, totenism and myth.

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C.R. Badcock

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138784257
ISBN 13 
9781138784253
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
128

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