Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World |
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| Author:
| Lévi-Strauss, Claude |
| Foreword by:
| Olender, Maurice |
| Translator:
| Todd, Jane Marie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-07290-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Imprint: | Belknap Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $41.95 |
Book Description:
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This first English translation of lectures Claude Lévi-Strauss delivered in Tokyo in 1986 synthesizes his ideas about structural anthropology, critiques his earlier writings on civilization, and assesses the dilemmas of cultural and moral relativism, including economic inequality, religious fundamentalism, and genetic and reproductive engineering.
This first English translation of lectures Claude Lévi-Strauss delivered in Tokyo in 1986 synthesizes his ideas about structural anthropology, critiques his earlier writings on civilization, and assesses the dilemmas of cultural and moral relativism, including economic inequality, religious fundamentalism, and genetic and reproductive engineering.