We Are All Cannibals And Other Essays |
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| Author:
| Levi-Strauss, Claude |
| Foreword by:
| Olender, Maurice |
| Translator:
| Todd, Jane Marie |
| Series title: | European Perspectives: a Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-17069-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2017 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.00 |
Book Description:
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The foremost anthropologist of the twentieth century uses compelling examples from history and contemporary life to challenge the criteria by which we judge others. Claude Lévi-Strauss measures the short distance between "complex" and "primitive" societies and finds a shared madness in the ways we enact myth, ritual, and custom.
The foremost anthropologist of the twentieth century uses compelling examples from history and contemporary life to challenge the criteria by which we judge others. Claude Lévi-Strauss measures the short distance between "complex" and "primitive" societies and finds a shared madness in the ways we enact myth, ritual, and custom.