Comments on: On the Anthropology of Levi-Strauss http://blog.aaanet.org/2009/07/07/on-the-anthropology-of-levi-strauss/ Conversations in Anthropology Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Fiji Island Cannibal S Tomato http://blog.aaanet.org/2009/07/07/on-the-anthropology-of-levi-strauss/#comment-4546 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 07:04:23 +0000 http://blog.aaanet.org/?p=1536#comment-4546 [...] On the Anthropology of Levi-Strauss « American Anthropological … We live in a material world enchanted by the symbolically constituted “utility” of gold, oil, pinot noir grapes, outdoor barbecues, Mercedes cars, heirloom tomatoes blue jeans, cashmere sweaters, hamburgers from McDonalds and purses . One might begin with something distant or even obnoxious to us, say cannibalism in the Fiji Islands and yet end by determining it to be “logical.” In 1929, the anthropologist, A.M. Hocart recounted the formal speech of a Fijian chief . [...]

]]> By: kubla http://blog.aaanet.org/2009/07/07/on-the-anthropology-of-levi-strauss/#comment-1462 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:41:28 +0000 http://blog.aaanet.org/?p=1536#comment-1462 For some observations on the relevance of Lévi-Strauss’s analysis of myth to the analysis of literature, with examples from Shakespeare and Bronte:

http://www.thevalve.org/go/valve/article/the_kings_wayward_eye_for_claude_levi_strauss/

]]> By: Thinking through Claude Lévi-Strauss « Neuroanthropology http://blog.aaanet.org/2009/07/07/on-the-anthropology-of-levi-strauss/#comment-1422 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:47:16 +0000 http://blog.aaanet.org/?p=1536#comment-1422 [...] was better (and more quickly) written by other commentators online such as Rex at Savage Minds, Marshall Sahlins at the AAA website (for the 100th birthday), Richard Price, a student of Lévi-Strauss, and Robert Mackey at the [...]

]]> By: Claude Levi-Strauss « Anthropology in the Global Age http://blog.aaanet.org/2009/07/07/on-the-anthropology-of-levi-strauss/#comment-1421 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:20:44 +0000 http://blog.aaanet.org/?p=1536#comment-1421 [...] Marshall Sahlins remembers Levi-Strauss [...]

]]> By: My Teacher, Claude Lévi-Strauss « American Anthropological Association http://blog.aaanet.org/2009/07/07/on-the-anthropology-of-levi-strauss/#comment-1403 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:35:51 +0000 http://blog.aaanet.org/?p=1536#comment-1403 [...] Recent Comments A sad day for Anthro… on My Teacher, Claude Lévi-S…Wilton S. Dillon on Levi-Strauss Passes at 10…Au revoir Lévi-Strau… on Levi-Strauss Passes at 10…Remembering Claude L… on Levi-Strauss Passes at 10…Ante la muerte de Cl… on On the Anthropology of Le… [...]

]]> By: Ante la muerte de Claude Levi-Strauss « Blog de la redacción http://blog.aaanet.org/2009/07/07/on-the-anthropology-of-levi-strauss/#comment-1392 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:54:03 +0000 http://blog.aaanet.org/?p=1536#comment-1392 [...] yHace unos meses, el antropólogo estadounidense Marshall Sahlins, fuertemente influido por Levi-Strauss y autor de Cultura y Razón Práctica (1973),  escribió en el blog de la Asociación Americana de Antropología: Many anthropologists, like me, have been stimulated by one or another aspect or implication of his work without themselves becoming structuralists. Indeed we would be poor (or epigonal) representatives of structuralism, even if our own anthropology has been the better for it. Incidentally I would say that this has been the general legacy of Levi-Strauss. He has been a positive influence even for those who prefer not to praise but to blame him. (07/07/09) [...]

]]> By: Levi-Strauss Passes at 100 « American Anthropological Association http://blog.aaanet.org/2009/07/07/on-the-anthropology-of-levi-strauss/#comment-1381 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:16:29 +0000 http://blog.aaanet.org/?p=1536#comment-1381 [...] “On the Anthropology of Levi-Strauss” ~ Marshall Sahlins [...]

]]> By: Brian http://blog.aaanet.org/2009/07/07/on-the-anthropology-of-levi-strauss/#comment-842 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:44:07 +0000 http://blog.aaanet.org/?p=1536#comment-842 This post was edited on July 8, 2009 to reflect changes by the author.

]]> By: Marshall Sahlins http://blog.aaanet.org/2009/07/07/on-the-anthropology-of-levi-strauss/#comment-841 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:01:52 +0000 http://blog.aaanet.org/?p=1536#comment-841 Sorry for the typo or two. Also i had understood that the bracketed paragraph would be deleted. Whatever…

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