Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; FOREWORD TO THE ROUTLEDGE GREAT MINDS EDITION; THE 1977 MASSEY LECTURES; 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
Summary
The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss was one of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century. His work has had a profound impact not only within anthropology but also linguistics, sociology and philosophy. In this short book he examines the nature and role of myth in human history, distilling a lifetime of writing into a few sharp insights. It is a crystalline overview of many of the basic ideas underlying his work, including the theory of structuralism and the difference between 'primitive' and 'scientific' thought and shows why Levi-Strauss remains a hugely important intellectual
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Originally published: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978
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