{"title":"Claude Levi-Strauss","description":"\u003cp\u003eClaude Lévi-Strauss's works delve into the foundations of human culture through the lens of structural anthropology. His writings explore the underlying patterns that shape societies, myths, and languages, offering profound insights into the way we understand the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect an engaging blend of philosophy, anthropology, and critical thought, presented with clarity and intellectual rigour. These books are essential for anyone interested in the deep structures that govern human thought and social organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"structural-anthropology-zero-by-claude-levi-strauss-9781509544981","title":"Structural Anthropology Zero","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume of Lévi-Strauss's writings from 1941 to 1947 bears witness to a period of his work which is often overlooked but which was the crucible for the structural anthropology that he would go on to develop in the years that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike many European Jewish intellectuals, Lévi-Strauss had sought refuge in New York while the Nazis overran and occupied much of Europe. He had already been introduced to Jakobson and structural linguistics but had not yet laid out an agenda for structuralism, which he would do in the 1950s and 60s. At the same time, these American years were when Lévi-Strauss would learn of some of the world's most devastating historical catastrophes - the genocide of the indigenous American peoples and of European Jews. From the beginning of the 1950s, Lévi-Strauss's anthropology tacitly bears the heavy weight of the memory and possibility of the Shoah.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo speak of \u003cem\u003eStructural Anthropology Zero\u003c\/em\u003e is therefore to refer to the source of a way of thinking which turned our conception of the human on its head. But this prequel to \u003cem\u003eStructural Anthropology\u003c\/em\u003e also underlines the sense of a tabula rasa which animated its author at the end of the war, as well as the project – shared with others – of a civilisational rebirth on novel grounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished here in English for the first time, this volume of Lévi-Strauss’s texts from the 1940s will be of great interest to students and scholars in anthropology, sociology, and the social sciences generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082649190636,"sku":"9781509544981","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12472063482725.jpg?v=1765276200"},{"product_id":"wild-thought-by-claude-levi-strauss-9780226413082","title":"Wild Thought","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the most influential anthropologist of his generation, Claude Lévi-Strauss left a profound mark on the development of twentieth-century thought, equal to that of phenomenology and existentialism. Through a fertile mixture of insights gleaned from linguistics and from sociology and ethnology, Lévi-Strauss elaborated his theory of structural unity in culture and became the preeminent representative of structural anthropology. \u003ci\u003eLa Pensée sauvage\u003c\/i\u003e, published in French in 1962, was his crowning achievement. Ranging over philosophies, historical periods, and human societies, it challenged the prevailing assumption of the superiority of modern Western culture and sought to explain the unity of human intellection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately titled \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Mind\u003c\/i\u003e when it first published in English in 1966, the original translation nevertheless sparked a fascination with Lévi-Strauss’s work among generations of Anglophone readers. \u003ci\u003eWild Thought: A New Translation of La Pensée sauvage\u003c\/i\u003e rekindles that spark with a fresh and accessible new translation. Including critical annotations for the contemporary reader, it restores the accuracy and integrity of the book that changed the course of twentieth-century thought, making it an indispensable addition to any philosophical and anthropological library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47537488298220,"sku":"9780226413082","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e81fac177641a5139d68535ce507475f.jpg?v=1776901115"},{"product_id":"whats-in-a-name-by-claude-levi-strauss-9781971559308","title":"What's in a Name","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy is a dog “Fido” but a bird “Peter”? In this brilliant short text, Claude Lévi-Strauss shows that the way we name animals reveals a hidden structure of thought. What looks trivial turns out to be a system: classification, metaphor, and how we place ourselves in the world, everything is at play. Clear, surprising, and quietly profound, this short essay will change how you see the ordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat's in a Name\u003c\/em\u003e offers insights that will transform your understanding of the commonplace. Through this exploration, Lévi-Strauss deciphers the significance of names and their underlying meanings, encouraging readers to ponder the metaphoric and classificatory nature of language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48038648774892,"sku":"9781971559308","price":14.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781971559308-what-s-in-a-name.jpg?v=1785394297"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/claude-levi-strauss.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}