Myth and Meaning (Routledge Classics) - Hardcover
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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'There is no easier or quicker way than through this book into that heart of darkness Levi-Strauss calls 'totalitarian ambition of the savage mind' as it throbs beneath the surface of the 'civilized' mind.'--Philip Rieff, Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania
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Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908- ). Anthropologist, who became the most prominent exponent of structuralism.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Part of the new Routledge Classics seriesAn outstanding figure in mid-twentieth century intellectual life, Levi-Strauss is influential far beyond the boundaries of France or the French languageLevi-Strauss is considered one of the founding thinkers of anthropology as a serious field of study, even though part of the generation after anthropologists Malinowski and MaussMyth and Meaning is one of the most famous anthropology texts of the twentieth century and the Levi-Strauss text studied on first year anthropology coursesImmensely influential in the structuralist movement and one of its founding textsLevi-Strauss is also author of the key Introduction to the Work of Marcel Mauss (Routledge, 1987) In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Levi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780415255486
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