Culture and Communication: The Logic by which Symbols Are Connected. An Introduction to the Use of Structuralist Analysis in Social Anthropology - Brossura

Leach

 
9780521290524: Culture and Communication: The Logic by which Symbols Are Connected. An Introduction to the Use of Structuralist Analysis in Social Anthropology
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ISBN 10: 052129052X ISBN 13: 9780521290524
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Sinossi

Edmund Leach's book investigates the writings of 'structuralists' and their theories in anthropology.

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Descrizione del libro

Edmund Leach's book investigates the writings of 'structuralists,' and their different theories: the general incest theory, of animal sacrifice and how signs and symbols convey meaning. This book is designed for the use of teaching undergraduates in anthropology, linguistics, literary studies, philosophy and related disciplines faced with structuralist argument.

Contenuti

Introduction; 1. Empiricists and rationalists: economic transactions and acts of communication; 2. Problems of terminology; 3. Objects, sense-images, concepts; 4. Signals and indices; 5. Transformations; 6. Theories of magic and sorcery; 7. The symbolic ordering of a man-made world: boundaries of social space and time; 8. The material representation of abstract ideas: ritual condensation; 9. Orchestral performance as a metaphor for ritual sequence; 10. The physiological basis of sign/symbol sets; 11. Mapping: time and space as reciprocal representations; 12. Rank order and orientation; 13. Examples of binary coding; 14. Mating prescriptions and proscriptions; 15. Logic and mytho-logic; 16. Basic cosmology; 17. Rites of transition (rites de passage); 18. The logic of sacrifice; 19. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
052129052X
ISBN 13 
9780521290524
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
116
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
Avery
https://www.avery.fr/

chemin des peupliers 27
Dardilly
Francia

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9780521211314: Culture and Communication: The Logic by which Symbols Are Connected. An Introduction to the Use of Structuralist Analysis in Social Anthropology

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  052121131X ISBN 13:  9780521211314
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1976
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