Author: Maurice Godelier File Type: epub One of the worlds leading anthropologists assesses the work of the founder of structural anthropology As a young man, Maurice Godelier was Claude Levi-Strausss assistant. Since then, Godelier has drawn on this experience to develop a profound and intimate grasp on the writings of his former teacher, one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Meticulously researched, Levi-Strauss A Critical Study of His Thought will prove indispensable to students of Levi-Strauss and to structural anthropologists more generally. It is a compelling and comprehensive study destined to become the definitive work on the evolution of Levi-Strausss ideas, at the heart of which lies his analysis of kinship and myth.**ReviewAll would agree on the influence of the voluminous oeuvre of Levi-Strauss within the history of the Human Sciences. To come to terms with it, we need a reliable guide, such as this. Students of kinship, myth, or mythical thinking may disagree with some of Godeliers positions, but have here a splendid basis on which to build. Nick Allen, University of Oxford Maurice Godelier, eminent French anthropologist, surveys and assesses, sympathetically and critically, the mass of writings on kinship and mythology of another eminent French anthropologist, Claude Levi-Strauss. This deep engagement of the one with the other is, for readers, both a pleasure and a powerful tool. Thomas R. Trautmann, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan Cuts through the fog of commentary surrounding the legacy of this most enigmatic of scholars, to address Levi-Strausss legacy in its own, properly anthropological terms. The book is a joy to read. Tim Ingold, University of AberdeenAbout the Author Maurice Godelier is Professor of Anthropology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. One of the worlds most influential anthropologists, Godelier has written numerous works including Rationality and Irrationality in Economics, The Mental and the Material, The Making of Great Men, The Enigma of the Gift In and Out of the West, and The Metamorphoses of Kinship.

Author: Michael Hoffman File Type: pdf Facsimile softcover reprint of the third hardcover edition.

Author: Fidel Castro File Type: pdf He is the only world leader to have outlasted nine US presidents, has survived over 600 assassination attempts and remains one of the twentieth centurys most controversial figures. Here Castro tells his story in full for the first time, speaking openly about everything from his parents and earliest influences to his imprisonment, guerrilla war and the Cuban revolution and on to the Bay of Pigs, the missile crisis and his relationship with Che Guevara. He also remembers the people he knew, from John F. Kennedy to Ernest Hemingway. Whatever your views on Castro are, this is an essential record of an incredible life - and even more extraordinary times.ReviewGripping, almost cinematic Guardian Irresistible Financial Times Cubaphiles are all the richer for this book ... Castros prodigious gifts are well displayed his formidable erudition, steely discipline, epic curiosity and his astute grasp of history Financial Times Whatever happens after Castro has gone, this book will provide an indispensable perspective on his record Guardian Castros life has been extraordinary and he can tell a good story Evening Standard A fascinating account -- , Books Of The Year Metro Extraordinary -- , Books Of The Year Observer About the AuthorIgnacio Ramonet is a specialist on geopolitics, economics and the history of culture and a professor of communication theory at the University Denis Diderot in Paris. He is the long-time editor of the French magazine, Le Monde Diplomatique.

Author: Anne Büsing File Type: pdf Exlibris besitzen eine Jahrhunderte alte Tradition. Dienten sie zunachst der Kennzeichnung von Buchern, mutierten sie vor mehr als 100 Jahren zum begehrten Sammelobjekt. Es werden 52 Bucheignerzeichen ehemaliger Leipziger Universitatsangehoriger und Ehrendoktoren der verschiedensten Fachrichtungen vorgestellt. Jeder Abbildung, zumeist farbig wiedergegeben, ist ein Text gegenubergestellt, der schwerpunktmaig auf das universitare Leben des Eigners in Leipzig ausgerichtet ist und vorwiegend Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Universitatsarchiv behandelt. Die dargestellten Episoden aus dem Leben der Eigner sind vielschichtig, haufig heiter amusant, oft uberraschend, aber auch tragische Schicksale werden nicht verschwiegen.