Structural Anthropology
E172765
Structural Anthropology is a foundational work in anthropology that applies structuralist theory to analyze the underlying patterns and systems shaping human cultures and myths.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anthropologie structurale | 1 |
| Structural Anthropology canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Structural Anthropology Context triple: [Claude Lévi-Strauss, notableWork, Structural Anthropology]
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The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is Ernst Cassirer’s major three-volume work that develops a neo-Kantian theory of human culture through the analysis of symbolic systems such as language, myth, art, and science.
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Anthropology (1923)
Anthropology (1923) is a foundational textbook by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically surveys the field of anthropology and helped shape its development in the early 20th century.
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Bloomfieldian structuralism
Bloomfieldian structuralism is a behaviorist, empiricist approach to linguistics that analyzes language through distributional patterns of observable forms, emphasizing description over innate mental structures.
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Boasian school of anthropology
The Boasian school of anthropology is a foundational intellectual tradition in American anthropology that emphasizes cultural relativism, historical particularism, and rigorous fieldwork to understand human cultures on their own terms.
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E.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Structural Anthropology Target entity description: Structural Anthropology is a foundational work in anthropology that applies structuralist theory to analyze the underlying patterns and systems shaping human cultures and myths.
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A.
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is Ernst Cassirer’s major three-volume work that develops a neo-Kantian theory of human culture through the analysis of symbolic systems such as language, myth, art, and science.
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B.
Anthropology (1923)
Anthropology (1923) is a foundational textbook by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically surveys the field of anthropology and helped shape its development in the early 20th century.
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C.
Bloomfieldian structuralism
Bloomfieldian structuralism is a behaviorist, empiricist approach to linguistics that analyzes language through distributional patterns of observable forms, emphasizing description over innate mental structures.
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D.
Boasian school of anthropology
The Boasian school of anthropology is a foundational intellectual tradition in American anthropology that emphasizes cultural relativism, historical particularism, and rigorous fieldwork to understand human cultures on their own terms.
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E.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropology book
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| appliesTheory |
Saussurean linguistics
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binary oppositions ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| author |
Claude Lévi-Strauss
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surface form:
Claude Levi-Strauss
Claude Lévi-Strauss ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
debates on nature of myth
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establishment of structuralism in anthropology ⓘ methodology of comparative anthropology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
anthropology
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structuralism ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
mythological systems
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relations between elements of culture ⓘ symbolic systems ⓘ systems of kinship ⓘ underlying structures of culture ⓘ |
| genre | academic literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Language and the Analysis of Social Laws
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Social Structure ⓘ The Concept of Primitiveness ⓘ The Effectiveness of Symbols ⓘ The Sorcerer and His Magic ⓘ The Structural Study of Myth ⓘ The Structural Study of Totemism ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural studies
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literary theory ⓘ semiotics ⓘ structural anthropology ⓘ symbolic anthropology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ferdinand de Saussure
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Roman Jakobson ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anthropological theory
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myth analysis ⓘ structural anthropology ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
myths as transformations of one another
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priority of relations over elements in cultural analysis ⓘ use of linguistic models in anthropology ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Structural Anthropology
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Anthropologie structurale
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| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher | Plon ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
comparative analysis of myths
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structuralist analysis of culture ⓘ synchronic analysis of social systems ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Structural Anthropology Description of subject: Structural Anthropology is a foundational work in anthropology that applies structuralist theory to analyze the underlying patterns and systems shaping human cultures and myths.
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Anthropologie structurale