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Work #1248 · Mature

From Honey to Ashes

Claude Lévi-Strauss
1967 (French), 1973 (English) · French
Structural-anthropological treatise · Structuralism / French structuralist anthropology

Lévi-Strauss's 1967 second volume of Mythologiques — structural transformations of indigenous-American myth

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute From Honey to Ashes (Mature)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Non-Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Bi-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Non-Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

From Honey to Ashes

The 1967 mid-Lévi-Strauss publication moment.

Space

From Honey to Ashes

The North and South American indigenous geography.

Matter

From Honey to Ashes

The mythological-cultural material analysed.

Observer

From Honey to Ashes

Lévi-Strauss as proper structural-anthropological observer.

Energy

From Honey to Ashes

The intellectual energies of French structuralism.

Information

From Honey to Ashes

The systematic-structural content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

From Honey to Ashes

Continued variable assessment alongside the broader Mythologiques.