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Myth and Meaning

By Claude , Lévi-Strauss

Book information

Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Year
2003
ISBN
0203164725, 0203258959, 0415255481, 0415253942, 9781134522309, 9780203164723
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
412 kB (421626 bytes)
Series
Routledge classics
Edition
2nd ed
Pages
40 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Anthropology;Ethnology;Electronic books

Description

BOOK COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- AN INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE MEETING OF MYTH AND SCIENCE -- 2. 'PRIMITIVE' THINKING AND THE 'CIVILIZED' MIND -- 3. HARELIPS AND TWINS: THE SPLITTING OF A MYTH -- 4. WHEN MYTH BECOMES HISTORY -- 5. MYTH AND MUSIC.;In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Lévi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence. Responding to questions as varied as 'Can there be meaning in chaos?', 'What can science learn from myth?' and 'What is structuralism?', Lévi-Strauss presents, in clear, precise language, essential guidance for those who want to learn more about the potential of the human mind.

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