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Copyright Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais Nov 2011

Abstract

The paper address the complexity of the status of the conceptual pair nature and culture in Lévi-Strauss' thought. At the same time analysis tool, early philosophical scene and antinomy to be overcome, one revisits different uses and meanings in Lévi-Strauss' work of the concept of nature and its relationship with the one of culture. It is shown how it is possible to recognize in Lévi-Strauss' work two concepts of nature: on the one hand, a nature that is opposite to culture in a scientific program classically formulated in a dualistic way and, on the other, a decidedly monistic theory of knowledge that considers the spirit as part and product of this same world. It is argued that if dualism between culture and nature founded the structuralist thought of Lévi-Strauss, it is in his own work that one finds the arguments and means to overcome it. The vocation of structuralism in current anthropology, however, is to go further than its founder. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Details

Title
AS DUAS NATUREZAS DE LÉVI-STRAUSS
Author
Descola, Philippe
Pages
35-51
Publication year
2011
Publication date
Nov 2011
Publisher
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Sociais
ISSN
22367527
e-ISSN
22383875
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1434092306
Copyright
Copyright Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais Nov 2011