Levi-Strauss in the Nation-State

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ID2687934
AuthorsM Herzfeld (0000-0002-8080-2542, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume98
Issue388
Pages191-205
Publication date1985-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueJournal of American Folklore (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/540439
OpenAlexW2330535400
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited10

This article examines the complex relationship between Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralist anthropology and the concept of the nation-state. Herzfeld argues that while Lévi-Strauss's work often transcends national boundaries and focuses on universal structures of the human mind, it also reveals implicit engagements with French national identity and the political context of post-war France. The article explores how Lévi-Strauss's anthropological project, particularly his studies of kinship and myth, can be interpreted as a response to the challenges of national identity and cultural diversity in the modern world. It highlights the tension between universalism and particularism in Lévi-Strauss's thought, suggesting that his structuralism, while aiming for universal applicability, is inevitably shaped by the specific historical and cultural circumstances of its production

Algorithm · Art · Humanities · Levi strauss · Sociology · State (computer science) · Computer Science · Historical and Environmental Studies · History · Italian Literature and Culture · Political theory and Gramsci

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