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.
| ISBN: | 9780674075122 |
| Publication date: | 5th March 2013 |
| Author: | Levi-Strauss, Claude |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Ebook |
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.
Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World is available in Ebook
Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World was written by Levi-Strauss, Claude and published by Harvard University Press
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