Author	Levi-Strauss, Claude
Title	Myth and meaning / Claude Levi-Strauss ; foreword by, Wendy Doniger
Imprint	London : Routledge, 2014
Descript	xix, 48 pages ; 21 cm

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. -- Provided by publisher

The Meeting of Myth and Science -- 'Primitive' Thinking and the 'Civilized' Mind -- Harelips and Twins: The Splitting of a Myth -- When Myth Becomes History -- Myth and Music

1. Myth -- Structural analysis
2. Structural anthropology
3. Mythology
4. Ethnophilosophy

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