Maurice Godelier

Exploring the role of the incest prohibition in human societies

"Maintenant encore, mes parents pensent parfois à cette aventure avec une sorte d'effarement et de fureur". Eté 1945. Dans un petit château du bord de

Quotes: THE INGENIOUS INFECTION: Whether a designer, and the architect in particular, chooses for the literal virtuality of a model that is made by a

Au seizième mois de l'automne, Siméon se trouve dans une vallée perdue où se succèdent deux saisons, une de pluie et une de gel bleu. Considéré comme

An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents   On Janua

Exploring the close relationship between the real, the symbolic and imaginary.

This work reassesses the significance of gifts in social life by focusing on sacred objects which are never exchanged despite the value they possess.

A masterwork of the anthropology of kinship by the heir to Levi-Strauss

Exploring the close relationship between the real, the symbolic and imaginary

Fenomenologie van de waarneming uit 1945 is het hoofdwerk van Maurice Merleau-Ponty, de filosoof die de fenomenologie op een heel nieuw spoor heeft ge

This book is the result of a research project begun by the author in 1958 with the aim of answering two questions:First, what is the rationality of th

What is the specificity of the human race within nature? How is its history to be explained? What impact do material realities, natural and man-made,

One of the world's leading anthropologists assesses the work of the founder of structural anthropology

One of the world's leading anthropologists assesses the work of the founder of structural anthropology

Het oeuvre van Maurice Gilliams (1900-1982) beslaat twaalfhonderd pagina’s verhalend proza, poëzie en essays. Hoe beperkt ook van omvang, de kwaliteit

In Oog en geest zet Merleau-Ponty kernachtig en helder zijn ideeën over waarnemen uiteen. De schilderkunst speelt daarbij een belangrijke rol. Door te

Science is the most powerful generator of knowledge. No one seems to doubt that scientists steadily reveal the secrets of the world and human behaviou