Levi-Strauss: Structuralism And Sociological Theory (Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory)

What is the significance of Structuralism for social science? How original is L?i-Strauss' contribution to social theory? Is he Marxist? Though Structuralism, and its leading representative L?i-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 L?i-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.

• • Author: C. R. Badcock
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Aug 04, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 128 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1138784257
• • ISBN-13: 9781138784253