{"product_id":"culture-and-communication-the-logic-by-which-symbols-are-connected-an-introduction-to-the-use-of-structuralist-analysis-in-social-anthropology-paperback-9780521290524","title":"Culture and Communication; The Logic by which Symbols Are Connected. An Introduction to the Use of Structuralist Analysis in Social Anthropology (Paperback) 9780521290524","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCulture and Communication\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Logic by which Symbols Are Connected. An Introduction to the Use of Structuralist Analysis in Social Anthropology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdmund Leach's book investigates the writings of 'structuralists' and their theories in anthropology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdmund Leach (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521290524, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 March 1976\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e116 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 1.1 cm, 0.18 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEdmund Leach's book investigates the writings of 'structuralists,' and their different theories: the general incest theory and of animal sacrifice. This book is designed for the use of teaching undergraduates in anthropology, linguistics, literary studies, philosophy and related disciplines faced with structuralist argument. It provides the prolegomena necessary to understand the final chapter of Levi-Strauss's massive four-volume Mythologiques. Some prior knowledge of anthropological literature is useful but not essential. The principal ethnographic source is the Book of Leviticus; this guide should help anyone who is trying to grasp the essentials of 'seminology' - the general theory of how signs and symbols come to convey meaning. The author's core thesis is that: 'the indices in non-verbal communication systems, like the sound elements in spoken language, do not have meaning as isolates, but only as members of set'; the book's special merit is that it makes this kind of jargon comprehensible in terms of our everyday experience.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Empiricists and rationalists: economic transactions and acts of communication\u003cbr\u003e 2. Problems of terminology\u003cbr\u003e 3. Objects, sense-images, concepts\u003cbr\u003e 4. Signals and indices\u003cbr\u003e 5. Transformations\u003cbr\u003e 6. Theories of magic and sorcery\u003cbr\u003e 7. The symbolic ordering of a man-made world: boundaries of social space and time\u003cbr\u003e 8. The material representation of abstract ideas: ritual condensation\u003cbr\u003e 9. Orchestral performance as a metaphor for ritual sequence\u003cbr\u003e 10. The physiological basis of sign\/symbol sets\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mapping: time and space as reciprocal representations\u003cbr\u003e 12. Rank order and orientation\u003cbr\u003e 13. Examples of binary coding\u003cbr\u003e 14. Mating prescriptions and proscriptions\u003cbr\u003e 15. Logic and mytho-logic\u003cbr\u003e 16. Basic cosmology\u003cbr\u003e 17. Rites of transition (rites de passage)\u003cbr\u003e 18. The logic of sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e 19. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000382017816,"sku":"9780521290524","price":20.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521290524i_40b70d08-1fa0-4fa6-9887-0774b63dfb8b.jpg?v=1691374627","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/culture-and-communication-the-logic-by-which-symbols-are-connected-an-introduction-to-the-use-of-structuralist-analysis-in-social-anthropology-paperback-9780521290524","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}