Les Structures Élémentaires de la Parenté

摘要: In "Les Structures Elementaires de la Parente," the early opus magnum of French Structuralism, Levi-Strauss tries to explain systems kinship and marriage in their enormous diversity frequently bizarre institutions, by means a single principle: exchange. Exchange is perceived be manifestation fundamental structural constants human mind which may also discerned other subsystems culture, most obviously language. This book represents first great result author's life-long research, dedicated exploring this relationship, led him into fields classification-systems language mythology. "