What's in a Name
Will be published approx. on 2. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
18 pages
978-1-971559-30-8 (ISBN)
Description
Why is a dog "Fido" but a bird "Peter"? In this brilliant short text, Claude Lévi-Strauss shows that the way we name animals reveals a hidden structure of thought. What looks trivial turns out to be a system: classification, metaphor, and how we place ourselves in the world, everything is at play. Clear, surprising, and quietly profound, this short essay will change how you see the ordinary.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 110 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-971559-30-8 (9781971559308)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Claude Lévi-Strauss was a French anthropologist and one of the founding figures of structuralism. His work sought to uncover the underlying patterns shaping human culture, myth, and thought. He is widely regarded as one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century.