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The anthropologist as hero

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on Lévi-Strauss

Sontag, S. (2009). The anthropologist as hero. In Sontag, S. Against Interpretation and Other Essays. Penguin Classics, pp. 69-81

(adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of Hegel, his philosophy, or his dialectic method / (noun) a follower of Hegel; an adherent of Hegelianism

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Modern thought is pledged to a kind of applied Hegelianism: seeking its Self in its Other.

—p.69 by Susan Sontag
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6 years, 6 months ago

Modern thought is pledged to a kind of applied Hegelianism: seeking its Self in its Other.

—p.69 by Susan Sontag
notable
6 years, 6 months ago
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The anthopologist is thus not only the mourner of the cold world of the primitives, but its custodian as well. Lamenting among the shadows, struggling to distinguish the archaic from the pseudoarchaic, he acts out a heroic, diligent, and complex modern pessimism.

beautiful last paragraph. On Lévi-Strauss, outlining his post-Marxist vision of freedom

—p.81 by Susan Sontag 6 years, 6 months ago

The anthopologist is thus not only the mourner of the cold world of the primitives, but its custodian as well. Lamenting among the shadows, struggling to distinguish the archaic from the pseudoarchaic, he acts out a heroic, diligent, and complex modern pessimism.

beautiful last paragraph. On Lévi-Strauss, outlining his post-Marxist vision of freedom

—p.81 by Susan Sontag 6 years, 6 months ago