Levi-Strauss

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  • Paris: Editions L'Herne, 2004
By [ANTHROPOLOGY] [Ed: IZARD, Michel]
Paris: Editions L'Herne, 2004. First French Edition. Quarto. 27cm. Publisher's white card wraps titled in blue and orange to spine and front cover. 482pp. Light wear to corners and spine ends, some very light soiling in places; internally clean and fresh. A near fine copy.

A critical analysis of the writings and career of fabled anthropologist and thinker, whose work was foundational to the study of what we would term Structural Anthropology, which suggests that all cultures are essentially shaped by hardwired modes of thinking that inform how and why we create belief systems, myths, and complex social maintenance structures.

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