Levi-Strauss (RLE Social Theory) - 9781138979758

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Levi-Strauss (RLE Social Theory)Structuralism and Sociological Theory\nAuthor(s): C.R. Badcock\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138979758, 978-1138979758\nSynopsis\nWhat is the significance of Structuralism for social science? How original is Lvi-Strauss' contribution to social theory? Is he Marxist? Though Structuralism, and its leading representative Lvi-Strauss, are central to sociology, anthropology and psychology, the complexity of his work and the obscurity of his commentators have often proved a barrier to understanding. Now for the first time, Dr Badcock provides a jargon-free assessment of Lvi-Strauss' place in the tradition of French sociological thought particularly to predecessors such as Comte, Durkheim and Mauss discusses his relationship to Marx, Sartre, Freud and Talcott Parsons and provides a concise, non-technical account of his complex ideas on kinship, totenism and myth.