Comments - Tristes Tropiques: Revisited - Open Anthropology Cooperative2019-11-03T23:58:27Zhttp://openanthcoop.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3404290%3ABlogPost%3A219120&xn_auth=noLevi-Strauss and Surrealism T…tag:openanthcoop.ning.com,2015-08-16:3404290:Comment:2204902015-08-16T11:06:09.629ZMichael Alexeevich Popovhttp://openanthcoop.ning.com/profile/MichaelAlexeevichPopov
<p>Levi-Strauss and Surrealism<br></br> There is some deep interconnection between LS style of thinking and Andre Breton, founder of modern surrealism. They lived in New York between 1941 and 1945.Surrealism or "art of pure psychic automatism " with its anarchy doctrine and anthropologism of intuitive objects is probably very similar with LS idealism.Thus, history of structuralism is not finished, and new unexpected complexities of post surrealistic anthropology could be found.May be with support…</p>
<p>Levi-Strauss and Surrealism<br/> There is some deep interconnection between LS style of thinking and Andre Breton, founder of modern surrealism. They lived in New York between 1941 and 1945.Surrealism or "art of pure psychic automatism " with its anarchy doctrine and anthropologism of intuitive objects is probably very similar with LS idealism.Thus, history of structuralism is not finished, and new unexpected complexities of post surrealistic anthropology could be found.May be with support so strange surrealist category mathematics?</p> Thanks John, I always look fo…tag:openanthcoop.ning.com,2015-07-22:3404290:Comment:2201662015-07-22T12:46:04.224ZNeil Turnerhttp://openanthcoop.ning.com/profile/NeilTurner
<p>Thanks John, I always look forward to your comments...best regards...tchau.</p>
<p>Thanks John, I always look forward to your comments...best regards...tchau.</p> Neil, I have just got around…tag:openanthcoop.ning.com,2015-07-22:3404290:Comment:2201622015-07-22T02:21:21.223ZJohn McCreeryhttp://openanthcoop.ning.com/profile/JohnMcCreery
<p>Neil, I have just got around to reading this post, and a great reading of <em>Tristes Tropiques </em>it is. It strikes me as too perfect to stimulate conversation in an online medium where "dialogue" is usually Punch 'n Judy tit-for-tat. Lacking obvious flaws, it is read, enjoyed, slips over the mental horizon. But to me, too, <em>Tristes Tropiques </em>was an inspiration as I was beginning my study of anthropology. The idea that cultures might be described as combinations of elements…</p>
<p>Neil, I have just got around to reading this post, and a great reading of <em>Tristes Tropiques </em>it is. It strikes me as too perfect to stimulate conversation in an online medium where "dialogue" is usually Punch 'n Judy tit-for-tat. Lacking obvious flaws, it is read, enjoyed, slips over the mental horizon. But to me, too, <em>Tristes Tropiques </em>was an inspiration as I was beginning my study of anthropology. The idea that cultures might be described as combinations of elements derived from a "Mendeleevian Table of the Mind" has informed my thinking ever since I first encountered it. </p>
<p>That said, I read your concluding paragraph,</p>
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<blockquote><p><span>Perhaps, the “meaning” behind the word sad in the title reflects the disappointing experiences Leví-Strauss encountered when first attempting to engage a strange world. But then, on the other hand, perhaps it metaphorically represents how the majesty of such a beautiful land and people have been destroyed by the restless ambition, pride, egoism and cultural parochialism of a mechanical civilization. And if the latter is the case, then perhaps the title should read “the sadness of the tropics” instead (</span><em>A tristeza dos trópicos</em><span>).</span></p>
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<p><span>I feel my own sadness that anthropology, a field that once seemed so promising, has failed to achieve the vision with which Lévi-Strauss inspired me.</span></p>