Myth and Meaning [Paperback]

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. Responding to questions as varied as 'Can there be meaning in chaos?', 'What can science learn from myth?' and 'What is structuralism?', L?vi-Strauss presents, in clear, precise language, essential guidance for those who want to learn more about the potential of the human mind.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.Claude L?vi-Strauss (1908- ). Anthropologist, who became the most prominent exponent of structuralism.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;US? 1978 University of Toronto Press