Re: Is Levi-Strauss essential? was It still works? Avoid it anyway.

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Dr Jacques Steyn wrote:
>On Levi-Strauss:
>Levi-Strauss' paradigm of thought is "structuralism". Within that
>paradigm there are/were other thinkers. Apart from structuralism there
>are other paradigms, eg constructivism.
>So, you definitely do not have to buy Levi-Strauss' ideas about human
>cultures.

My impression is that Levi-Strauss was important for his pioneering work
rather than because the theories he put forth are still accepted in toto.

Kind of like Marx for most economists.

--RC

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