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structuralism Structuralism
is both a method and a theory that has currently developed in the course of the XXe century. The term structuralism is to generalize, out herauszumerken elements a system, and to define due to its equivalent and / or gegenwertige relations structures.
The interest in structures for science is that it caused a variety of empirical observations on simple systems. That means for the social sciences, that structuralism is a way to elements of social situations to struktuieren.Das concerns first of all, the method, the structural analysis of social fact. The theory is perhaps the result, that such use method calls. By structuralism trying namely, to prove the universal aspects of menchlichen thinking.
is the beginning of the XXe century linguistics through the work of Ferdinand de Saussure know a change. Of Linguistics, referred to as the founder of modern linguistics, namely revolution has ned these times, and expand social science beeinflüsst chate. His analysis differs with the usual analysis of contemporary linguistics, working mostly for the historical origin of language (Etymologie..). Saussure calls for his studies on those of the present state of language, his aim was first of all related methodological principles . Introduce linguistics (1) A significant contribution is that the language has two aspects: the signifier and signified. Such procedures turn Metaphorically, use their mage Saussure, this is a piece of paper, which is Recto, the signifier (the thought of expansion) and those Verso of the signifier (the sound), concentrated (2). The object of the linguist on the system the drawing-the elements that these two aspects of language verbinden.Die importance of elements is ncht designation from the object but from the Bezihungen with the other elements, so the importance of the structures. Saussure also refers to the social aspects of language and the conscious / unconscious aspects. Boaz the analysis of grammar has also erlaütet this unconsciously effect of the grammar in the human mind (3).
Lévi-Strauss, Structural analysis was first attach to the relationship. Their relationship forms a system that became well established relationships such as husband / wives, father / son, brother / sister, mother, brother / sister's son) The relationship is like language, communication between individuals. Lévi-Strauss describes the relationship first and foremost as a social system of alliance system (not as a biological system of descent-consanguinität) The emersion of women is central. The incest prohibition is the core rules, and is the cause of the transition of nature to culture (4) The second important area relates
the Myths. The anthropologist will deal with the myth of the structural analysis, and reverse the usual Inblickt in that he does not want Wisen how people think the myth but, as the myths within the ITS COMMENTS menchliche imagine. (5)
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About Claude Lévi-Strauss
If man wants to belong to structuralism in anthropology, is the name of Levi-Strauss is unumgänglich.Doch his works deal not only with the structuralism, and philosophical, thought humanistichen Dealing with physical device accessible by a talented ITS COMMENTS Scripture.
Claude Lévi-Strauss is born of a French family in Brussels on 28 November 1908. He spent his school days in Paris. Made student, who introduced especially for the music of Wagner empfidlich, art, antiques, home of works by his father, he legally erförderte such as reward Japanese prints, African masks (1). These observations may be relevant in that they justify the future of Persons Anthropologue, and will always be in the background of his work.
He decides at the same time law and philosophy in la Sorbonne to study. In 1931 he became lecturer in philosophy. He begins his career as a teacher in philosophy, but without real enthusiasm and he grifft in 1934 the opportunity to work in a university mission Brazil to participate. He became a teacher of sociology at the University of Sao Paolo from 1934 to 1939 worked. As he mage to say, he begins his career as Etnologue. He went on missions, namely during the holidays in various native peoples, including in Mato Grosso in the Caduevo, Bororo, Nambikwara.
This expedition is his main field of research, here are my complaints herausgeaüssert that Levi-Strauss quickly verbrachtet under international and has not really integrated in this, in the case where he has not learned the language.
As the outbreak of the second world war he went back to France, where he was until the introduction of the anti-Semitic Posited mobilisiert.Als Jews he should take to flight in 1941 and the plan to the Fondation Rock Field, who worked for the "rescue" the scientists threaten Europe, was Levi-Strauss as a teacher at the New York School for Social Research in New invited (1), and later at the Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes. He also works as a consultant in the cultural department of the French Embassy. This vebrachtede time in USA represents a significant turning point for the development of its Arbeit.Er uncovers the American Anthropology, essentially the work of Franz Boas and the linguist Roman Jakobson encounter with the realization of his intuition caused on the method, necessary for his Remarks and record analysis. He knew already under the influence of Marx, to Creation of Adam, the need for a model that desen the diversity of results can integrate one and more research. (2) that the linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure and continued with the phonology of Trubetskoy and Jakobson, supplies him with this method . a structural analysis of language, the elements of a language system are etched against their defieniert by lichen and equivalent relations and stuctures are gebildet.Die difference between the inside of language and the ranking officials of language is central (3). Lévi-Strauss applies this method to his research results. He verfasstet his first monograph on the Nambikwara and supports its Thesis on the elementary structures of kinship in 1949.
Back in France in 1947, he is first as head of research at CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique), then working as a manager in the Musée de l'Homme. Three years later he was studying at the Ecole Pratique conductor des Hautes Etudes. He took over the previous chair of Marcel Mauss, of comparative religion to the peoples without writing. His greatest success was achieved with the appearance of Les Tristes Tropiques.
1959 he was appointed to the Lehrsthul the social anthropology at the Collège de France, where he begründetet there a year later the Laboratory for anthropological research. Ranks in the 5Oer years he development of structuralism in anthropology, and a Internationalruf wins in the scientific community, may prove of their honors, rewards at the universities of Oxford, Harvard, Columbia in 1973 he was appointed to the Académie Française, the consecration of a French scientist.
In the course of his career, he never ceased to strive to further develop his project. The large number of his books, abstracts, conference, interview concerned his reflections on mankind. His last major works (seeing, hearing, reading, 1993) is a reflection on Western culture, analysis of paintings by Poussin, piece by Richard Wagner
Sources:
(1) Louis Porcher, Tristes Tropiques Lévi-Strauss, Hatier
Paris 1979 (2) Didier Eribon, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Ministère des Affaires étrangères ADPF
1995 (3) Levison Ember, Encyclopedy of Social Anthropology
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