Emanuel Levy
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Some theorists have borrowed concepts from the great structural anthropologists, Claude Levi-Strauss, specifically his notion of binary oppositions.
Juxtaposing Tradition and Modernity:
Japan vs. West
Feudal vs. Democratic
Past vs. Future
Society vs. Individual
Hierarchy vs. Equality
Nature vs. Technology
Duty vs. Inclination
Self-Sacrifice vs. Self-Expression
Consensus vs. Diversity
Age vs. Youth
Authority vs. Autonomy
Conservative vs. Liberal
Fatalism vs. Optimism
Obedience vs. Independence
Form vs. Substance
Security vs. Anxiety
Film Theory: Levi-Strauss–Binary Oppositions
Some theorists have borrowed concepts from the great structural anthropologists, Claude Levi-Strauss, specifically his notion of binary oppositions.
Juxtaposing Tradition and Modernity:
Japan vs. West
Feudal vs. Democratic
Past vs. Future
Society vs. Individual
Hierarchy vs. Equality
Nature vs. Technology
Duty vs. Inclination
Self-Sacrifice vs. Self-Expression
Consensus vs. Diversity
Age vs. Youth
Authority vs. Autonomy
Conservative vs. Liberal
Fatalism vs. Optimism
Obedience vs. Independence
Form vs. Substance
Security vs. Anxiety