The Imagined, the Imaginary and the Symbolic

The Imagined, the Imaginary and the Symbolic
ISBN-10
1786637723
ISBN-13
9781786637727
Category
Social Science
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
2020-01-28
Publisher
Verso Books
Author
Maurice Godelier

Description

Lévi-Strauss held that “the real, the symbolic and the imaginary” are three separate orders. Maurice Godelier demonstrates the contrary: the real is not separate from the symbolic and the imaginary. Godelier’s book goes to the strategic heart of the social sciences, for to examine the nature and role of the imaginary and the symbolic is also to attempt to account for the basic components of all societies and ultimately of human existence. And these aspects in turn shape our social and personal identity.

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