The Double Twist: From Ethnography to Morphodynamics

Published by University of Toronto Press 2001

The Double Twist

From Ethnography to Morphodynamics

Edited by: Pierre Maranda

In the series Anthropological Horizons

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442681125

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Contents

About this book

The essays in this intriguing collection all discuss Claude Lévi-Strauss' "Canonical Formula." The purpose of the work is to test the significance of the Formula, which is controversial and, for some, worthless.

Author / Editor information

Maranda Pierre :

Pierre Maranda is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at Laval University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Pierre Maranda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One: Ethnography and the Canonical Formula
1. Hourglass Configurations Claude Lévi-Strauss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Analogy and the Canonical Formula of Mythic Transformations Luc Racine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3. Is the Canonic Formula Useful in Cultural Description? Eric Schwimmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
4. Mapping Cultural Transformation through the Canonical Formula: The Pagan versus Christian Ontological Status of Women among the Lau People of Malaita, Solomon Islands Pierre Maranda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Part Two: Analyses, Tests, and Contextualizations of the Canonical Formula
5. Hesiod, the Three Functions, and the Canonical Formula of Myth Lucien Scubla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
6. Classical Myths and Transformation: Computer Observation of the Levi-Strauss Formula at Work Sándor Darányi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
7. Ramistic Commonplaces, Levi-Straussian Mythlogic, and Binary Logic Christopher A. Gregory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Part Three: The Logico-Mathematical Status of the Canonical Formula
8. The Set of Canonical Transformations Implied in the Canonical Formula for the Analysis of Myth Alain Côté Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
9. On Some Philosophical Dynamic and Connectionist Implications of the Canonical Formula of Myth Seen as Space Categorization Andrew William Quinn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
10. A Morphodynamical Schematization of the Canonical Formula for Myths Jean Petitot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Conclusion Pierre Maranda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 352

eBook

Published: November 30, 2001
ISBN: 9781442681125