Structural Anthropology Vol. 2 - Claude Lévi-Strauss - 1976

"The eighteen essays collected here have been selected and ordered so as to give what Lévi-Strauss terms "a bird's-eye view of the problems of modern ethnology"; they also offer, by means of representative examples, an introduction to the methods of structural anthropology and a glimpse into the mind of one of the foremost anthropologists of our time. The volume comprises four major sections. "Perspective Views" contains essays concerning the origin, scope, and future of social (or cultural) anthropology. "Social Organization" presents two important essays on kinship. The third and longest section, "Mythology and Ritual," includes such influential studies as "The Story of Asdiwal" and "How Myths Die." Finally, in "Humanism and the Humanities," Lévi-Strauss stresses the humanistic dimension of cultural anthropology..." Structural Anthropology Volume 2 - Claude Lévi-Strauss. Translated from the French by Monique Layton Printed 1976, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago Softcover. Approx. 6x9in. 383pp. Shows wear consistent with vintage.