Myth and Meaning

In these five lectures originally prepared for the CBC, Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the world's greatest living thinkers, offers the insights of a lifetime spent interpreting myths and trying to discover their significance for human understanding.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Lévi-Strauss, Claude
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto University of Toronto Press 1978
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing
Edition1
SeriesHeritage
Subjects
Addresses, essays, lectures
Anthropology
Civilization
Criticism
Cultural
DISCOUNT-C
Ethnophilosophy
Folklore & Mythology
HISTORY
History & Surveys
HISTORY / Civilization
HISTORY / Social History
Mythology
PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY / Criticism
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General
Philosphy, Primitive
Social History
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Sociology
Structural anthropology
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ISBN0802063489
9780802063489
9781442654112
1442638621
1442654112
9781442638624
DOI10.3138/9781442654112

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter The 1977 Massey Lectures Table of Contents An Introduction ONE: The Meeting of Myth and Science TWO: ‘Primitive’ Thinking and the ‘Civilized’ Mind THREE: Harelips and Twins: FOUR: When Myth Becomes History FIVE: Myth and Music
  • The 1977 Massey Lectures Half-Title Page, Title Page, Copyright Cover 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
  • Cover -- 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
  • Three. Harelips and Twins: The Splitting of a Myth --
  • Two. ‘Trimitive’ Thinking and the ‘Civilized’ Mind --
  • Four. When Myth Becomes History --
  • Contents --
  • One. The Meeting of Myth and Science --
  • Frontmatter --
  • An Introduction --
  • The 1977 Massey Lectures --
  • Five. Myth and Music