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Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World
Claude Levi-Strauss
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Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World
Claude Levi-Strauss
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.
144 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 5, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674072909 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 144 |
| Dimensions | 116 × 188 × 16 mm · 202 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Todd, Jane Marie |
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