A courtship but not much of a marriage. Lévi-Strauss and British Americanist anthropology

To begin with I should say how honoured I am to be able to render homage to Lévi-Strauss, who I personally consider to be not only the greatest living anthropologist, but also the greatest anthropologist, full stop. So it’s a great pleasure to be allowed to say some words about him. However, I’m af...

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In:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa,
Main Author: Hugh-Jones, Stephen
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Français
Published: Journal de la Société des américanistes 2014
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Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:To begin with I should say how honoured I am to be able to render homage to Lévi-Strauss, who I personally consider to be not only the greatest living anthropologist, but also the greatest anthropologist, full stop. So it’s a great pleasure to be allowed to say some words about him. However, I’m afraid I’m the bringer of not particularly good news in that what I want to say to you is that my colleagues – my British colleagues – probably should have rendered rather more homage than they have ...