Structuralism Ritual



claude lévi-strauss, french anthropologist, regarded social , cultural organization symbolic systems of communication shaped inherent structure of human brain. therefore argued symbol systems not reflections of social structure functionalists believed, imposed on social relations organize them. lévi-strauss viewed myth , ritual complementary symbol systems, 1 verbal, 1 non-verbal. lévi-strauss not concerned develop theory of ritual (although did produce four-volume analysis of myth) influential later scholars of ritual such mary douglas , edmund leach.








Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Water_resources.2C_water_use_and_infrastructure Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Burkina_Faso

History Rogers_Park,_Chicago

History Jefferson,_Maryland