ON THE INTERPRETATION IN THE HUMANITIES
(THE CASE OF STRUCTURALISM OF EDMUND LEACH) Cover Image

Problem interpretacji w naukach humanistycznych (na przykładzie strukturalizmu Edmunda Leacha)
ON THE INTERPRETATION IN THE HUMANITIES (THE CASE OF STRUCTURALISM OF EDMUND LEACH)

Author(s): Alicja Soćko-Mucha
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: structuralism; structurel; structural transformation; the rites of passage; myth; rite; text; the Bible; the Gospels; parable; explanation; interpretation

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the problem of structuralism in cultural anthropology as an example of interpretation in the humanities. The main goal is a critical description of Edmund Leach’s proposal put forward in his Against Genres: Are Parables Lights Set in Candlesticks or Put Under a Bushel? The proposed method, as well as its application to biblical texts, is analysed from the perspective of philosophy of science. The analysis leads to the description of areas in which the author breaches the rules of the method proposed by himself.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 5-36
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Polish