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14 results for "Claude Lévi-Strauss"
C_1_16 — Structuralism and Myth: Lévi-Strauss, Binary Opposition, and Mythemes
Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009) revolutionized the study of mythology by applying structural linguistics — particularly Ferdinand de Saussure's and Roman Jakobson's models — to the analysis of myth. His central insight w
ZC_4_17 — Food Anthropology: Culture, Identity, and Power at the Table
Food anthropology examines how the production, preparation, distribution, and consumption of food encode cultural meaning, reinforce social hierarchies, and express identity. Claude Lévi-Strauss proposed the "culinary tr
ZC_4_08 — Structuralism in Social Science — Lévi-Strauss to Bourdieu
Structuralism — the intellectual movement that sought to uncover the deep, universal structures underlying the surface diversity of human cultures, languages, myths, kinship systems, and social institutions — was the dom
A_1_06 — Ugaritic Literature and the Baal Cycle
This document examines Ugaritic Literature and the Baal Cycle, a topic within the Foundations research area. Key areas of investigation include Ras Shamra — Accidental Discovery, The City of Ugarit, The Library and Archi
U_5_24 — Totemism: Animal Ancestors, Sacred Kinship, and Species Identity
Totemism is a system of belief and social organization in which human groups maintain spiritual, ancestral, or kinship relationships with natural species, objects, or phenomena (the "totem"). First documented systematica
U_2_11 — Landscape Painting: Shanshui, Hudson River, and the Natural Sublime
Landscape painting — the artistic representation of natural scenery — is among the most culturally revealing genres in the history of art, because the way a culture depicts nature reveals its deepest assumptions about th
X_2_09 — Veterinary Medicine and Animal Healing History
Veterinary medicine — the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease in non-human animals — is one of the oldest branches of medical practice, arising alongside animal domestication (dogs ~15,000 BP; sheep/goats ~10
C_5_16 — Animal Totemism: Species as Identity, Ancestor, and Guide
Totemism — the system of belief and practice in which a social group (clan, moiety, or individual) maintains a special spiritual, ancestral, or symbolic relationship with a natural species or phenomenon — has been one of
ZC_4_02 — Kinship Systems and Social Organization Across Cultures
Kinship — the system of social relationships and categories through which human societies classify relatives, define obligations, regulate marriage, organize inheritance, and structure political authority — is the founda
G_4_16 — Comparative Mythology as Science — Phylogenetic and Statistical Approaches
Comparative mythology — the systematic study of myths and folktales across cultures to identify shared elements, trace historical relationships, and understand the cognitive and social processes that generate mythologica
ZD_1_02 — Information Theory — Shannon, Entropy, and the Bit
Claude Shannon's 1948 paper "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" is one of the most consequential scientific publications of the 20th century. It defined information quantitatively — measured in bits — independent of
ZD_1_06 — Boolean Algebra and Logic Gates: The Mathematics of Digital Systems
Boolean algebra, formalized by George Boole in 1854, reduces logical reasoning to algebraic manipulation of binary values (TRUE/FALSE, 1/0). This seemingly simple mathematical system became the foundation of the entire d
I_5_04 — UFO Religions — Raëlism, Heaven's Gate, and Cultural Response to Contact
UFO religions — new religious movements incorporating extraterrestrial beings into their cosmology and soteriology — emerged primarily in the mid-to-late 20th century as a cultural response to the Space Age, the decline
V_4_23 — Shannon Information Theory: Entropy, Communication, and the Mathematical Theory of Information
Claude Elwood Shannon (1916–2001) published "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" in the Bell System Technical Journal in July and October 1948, founding the field of information theory. Shannon defined information qu
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