Sumários
Symbolism and classification, part 3
26 Março 2026, 16:00 • Manuel João Ramos
C. Lévi-Strauss' La pensée sauvage. A reading of Lévi-Strauss' ideas in historical and philosophical context. Totemism and caste (La pensée sauvage, chapter 4). A critical review of the rhetorical labyrinth proposed by the author. Deconstruction of classificatory methods in Anthropology. Reading for next class: Thomas Pavel, Le mirage linguistique
C. Lévi-Strauss: biography and epistemology
24 Março 2026, 16:00 • Manuel João Ramos
A synthesis of C. Lévi-Strauss´epistemological perspectives. Time and structure. Analysis of interviews to C. Lévi-Strauss Reading for next class: C. Lévi-Strauss, La pensée sauvage
Symbolism and classification, part 2
19 Março 2026, 16:00 • Manuel João Ramos
C. Lévi-Strauss' La pensée sauvage. A reading of Lévi-Strauss' ideas in historical and philosophical context. Totemism and caste (La pensée sauvage, chapter 4). A critical review of the rhetorical labyrinth proposed by the author. Deconstruction of classificatory methods in Anthropology. Reading for next class: Thomas Pavel, Le mirage linguistique
Symbolism and classification
17 Março 2026, 16:00 • Manuel João Ramos
Review of classificatory perspectives of symbolism, from Durkheim and Mauss to the post-structuralists. The evils of classification applied to symbolism. C. Lévi-Strauss' La pensée sauvage. A reading of Lévi-Strauss' ideas in historical and philosophical context. Reading for next class: C. Lévi-Strauss, La pensée sauvage (continued)
Religion and Symbolism: classificatory models
12 Março 2026, 16:00 • Manuel João Ramos
Introduction to the life and work of C. Lévi-Strauss: Anthropologie structurale II: Le champ de l'anthropologie The influences of E. Durkheim, L. Levy-Bruhl. Anthropology and ideology: the role of C. Lévi-Strauss at the UNESCO. Reading for next class: A.R. Radcliffe-Brown, The comparative method in Social Anthropology C. Lévi-Strauss. Le totémisme aujourd'hui .