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Work #1250 · Late

The Naked Man

Claude Lévi-Strauss
1971 (French), 1981 (English) · French
Structural-anthropological treatise · Structuralism / French structuralist anthropology

Lévi-Strauss's 1971 fourth volume of Mythologiques — closing synthesis of the four-volume programme

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Attribute The Naked Man (Late)
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

The Naked Man

The 1971 closing-Mythologiques moment.

Space

The Naked Man

The full geographic sweep of the American-mythological inheritance.

Matter

The Naked Man

The closing-cultural-mythological synthesis.

Observer

The Naked Man

Lévi-Strauss as mature structural-anthropological synthesist.

Energy

The Naked Man

The closing-intellectual energies of French structuralism.

Information

The Naked Man

The closing-systematic content of the four-volume work.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Naked Man

The Naked Man has been variously assessed — defenders see major closing-synthesis, post-structuralist critics maintain the structuralist programme's closure coincides with the recognition of its limits.