| Gathering all of Claude Lvi-Strauss&rsquo,s writings on Japan, this sustained meditation follows his dictum that to understand one&rsquo,s own culture, one must see it from another&rsquo,s point of view. For Lvi-Strauss, Japan occupied a unique place among world cultures. This English translation presents one of France&rsquo,s most public figures at his most personal. |
