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1 online resource (214 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory |
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Routledge library editions. Social theory.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The approach to structural and structuralist theory; Introduction; Approach to the theory of theory; Althusser''s concept of problematic; Lévi-Strauss''s use of the problematic; Structural analysis of theory; Definition of levels; Examples; The problem of structuralism; 2 Meanings and uses of the term structure; Introduction; Radcliffe-Brown and British social anthropology; Durkheim, Mauss and the Année Sociologique school |
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The use and meaning of structure in the work of Lévi-StraussOther contemporary uses of structure; Marxism; Freud; Barthes; Conclusion; 3 Claude Lévi-Strauss; Introduction; Genealogy; Anthropology, history, etc.; ''Mes trois maîtresses''; Rousseau; Vladimir Propp; Linguistics; Conclusion; Critical analysis; Nature and culture; The linguistic analogy; The structural analysis of myth; Conclusion; 4 Louis Althusser; Introduction; Genealogy; Bachelard; Freud; Spinoza; Althusser and Marxism; Stages of Marx''s thought; The Marxist totality: structure and history; Marxist anti-humanism |
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Althusser and epistemologyCritical analysis; Theory and practice; Science and philosophy: historical and dialectical materialism; Theoretical practice: autonomous or determined?; Theory and practice; Integration of the structural totality; The derivation of Althusser''s concepts; Conclusion; 5 Structuralist epistemology; Introduction; The acquisition of knowledge; The need for concepts; Appearance and reality; Description and explanation; Synchronic causation; The existence of structures; Conclusion and critique; 6 Conclusion: the structuralist problematic |
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Comparison of the thought structures of Althusser and Lévi-StraussSummary of the historical, sociological and evaluative approaches; Comparison of the thought structures; Combination, combinatory and history; The contribution of structuralism to the social sciences; The structuralist approach to theory; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The primary concern of this book is to investigate whether or not structuralism constitutes a distinctive framework in the social sciences. The author focuses on two major structuralist thinkers, Louis Althusser and Claude Lévi-Strauss. She analyses and compares the structure of their theory, and places them within the context of their respective disciplines. Dr Glucksmann began working on this book at a time when structuralism was at the height of its popularity in France, and was thought to be a homogenous alternative to bourgeois sociology. The progress of her study implicitly reflects the |
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Print version record |
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Ĺevi-Strauss, Claude
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Althusser, Louis, 1918-1990
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Althusser, Louis, 1918-1990 fast |
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Lévi-Strauss, Claude fast |
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Sociology.
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sociology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Sociology
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317650706 |
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1317650700 |
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