Myth and Meaning

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.

List of contents

Chapter 01 The Meeting of Myth and Science; Chapter 02 'Primitive' Thinking and the 'Civilized' Mind; Chapter 03 Harelips and Twins: the Splitting of a Myth; Chapter 04 When Myth Becomes History; Chapter 05 Myth and Music;

About the author

Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908- ). Anthropologist, who became the most prominent exponent of structuralism.

Summary

In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude L?vi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence.

Product details

• Authors: Claude Levi-Strauss, Claude Lévi-Strauss
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780415255486
• ISBN: 978-0-415-25548-6
• No. of pages: 64
• Weight: 180 g
• Series: Routledge Classics; Routledge Great Minds; Routledge Classics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -