The Structural Study of Totemism

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The Structural Study of Totemism is a key essay by Claude Lévi-Strauss in which he analyzes totemic systems through structuralist methods to reveal underlying patterns of human thought and social organization.

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instanceOf anthropological work ⓘ
essay ⓘ
structuralist text ⓘ
academicDiscipline human sciences ⓘ
addresses binary oppositions in thought ⓘ
classification of species in social systems ⓘ
relationship between nature and culture ⓘ
aimsTo reinterpret the concept of totemism ⓘ
reveal universal patterns of human thought ⓘ
analyzes relations between humans and animals in belief systems ⓘ
systems of classification ⓘ
totemic systems ⓘ
argues totemic phenomena express underlying cognitive structures ⓘ
totemism is a mode of classification rather than a distinct institution ⓘ
author Claude Lévi-Strauss ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
critiques earlier evolutionary theories of totemism ⓘ
functional interpretations of totemism ⓘ
field anthropology ⓘ
social anthropology ⓘ
structural anthropology ⓘ
focusesOn social organization ⓘ
symbolic classification ⓘ
underlying structures of thought ⓘ
genre theoretical essay ⓘ
hasPerspective comparative ⓘ
influenced anthropological theories of classification ⓘ
later structuralist analyses of myth ⓘ
symbolic anthropology ⓘ
influencedBy Durkheimian sociology ⓘ
structural linguistics ⓘ
keyConcept structural homologies between social and natural orders ⓘ
symbolic mediation between humans and animals ⓘ
totemic classification ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainTopic totemism ⓘ
partOf Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralist project ⓘ
publicationCentury 20th century ⓘ
relatedWork The Savage Mind ⓘ
Totemism (by Claude Lévi-Strauss) ⓘ
status influential essay in 20th-century anthropology ⓘ
key text in structural anthropology ⓘ
theoreticalApproach structuralism ⓘ
usesMethod cross-cultural comparison ⓘ
structural analysis of symbolic systems ⓘ

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