Myth and Meaning |
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Author:
| Lévi-Strauss, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Claude |
Foreword by:
| Wilcken, Patrick |
Series title: | Routledge Great Minds Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-415-85469-6 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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Imprint: | Routledge |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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 figure.
With a new foreword by Patrick Wilcken.