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Portret Lévi-Straussa jako demografa: esej z antropologii nauki
A Portrait of Lévi-Strauss as a Demographer: an Essay in the Anthropology of Science

Author(s): Wiktor Stoczkowski
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: anthropology; structuralism; Claude Lévi-Strauss

Summary/Abstract: Claude Lévi-Strauss frequently expressed the opinion (also in a conversation with the author of this article) that the greatest cataclysm he had witnessed is the inconceivable growth of the human population. As a rule, researchers studying his works are embarrassed by this declaration. Nonetheless, the author shows how a correct comprehension of the demographic aspects of the vision of the world proposed by Lévi-Strauss is indispensable for a suitable interpretation of all of his works, written by a moralist trying to concisely discover the reason for the evil present in the contemporary world and to find means that could save mankind from that evil.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 177-187
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish
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