Merci This text is sublime.One of the most beautiful books i've ever read. Long stretches of anthropological description that can feel like a chore, but his insights into the world are so arresting it's worth it.Ok so let me first say, for a book that starts with the line “I hate travelling and explorers,” Ok so let me first say, for a book that starts with the line “I hate travelling and explorers,” I have been trying to get through this book for probably at least a year now, though I'm not sure. Between 1942-1945 he was Professor at the New School for Social Research. Il libro è bellissimo, peccato solo per l'impacchettamento minuscolo che ha rovinato tutto il libro (copertina compresa). His books include The Raw and the Cooked, The Savage Mind, Structural Anthropology and Totemism (Encyclopedia of World Biography).“I hate travelling and explorers. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.Something went wrong. This book also contains some sections of his travel in India and Pakistan. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. It's quite inspiring. All that on top of an extensive narrative of the cultures of Jé and Tupy tribes on verge of extinction. Autobiography, travelogue, confession, "tristes tropiques' was first published in France in 1955.
Start by marking “Tristes Tropiques” as Want to Read: For me, this is an important warning against my default ethnocentrism.I can't say I'm a fan of Levi-Strauss' anthropological theory, by and large. I read Tristes Tropiques after hearing the excellent "In Our Time" program on Lévi-Strauss on BBC Radio 4. Commentary about cultural relativism and the Marxist tradition resonated.A bit dense, but full of rich descriptions of Brazil on the cusp of modernization and industrialization... Levi-Strauss is an astute observer of humanity, and catches fascinating details of cultures which have now vanished...Claude Lévi-Strauss was a French anthropologist, well-known for his development of structural anthropology. M. Lévi-Strauss' work is part ethnography, part travelogue, part autobiography and part history. "It is rigorous, subtle, and bold in thought. Very good read for someone interested in travel and native people in south America giving some insights how tribal we still are
by Penguin Books J'ai commandé à tort ce livre avant de me rendre compte qu'il était en anglais, j'ai renvoyé cette commande j'attends le remboursement. His father was an artist, and a member of an intellectual French Jewish family. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. He liberally mixes his memories -- even talking from time to time about his own childhood -- with his observations of South America.