{"product_id":"myth-and-meaning-9780802063489","title":"Myth and Meaning","description":"\u003cp\u003eEver since the rise of science and the scientific method in the seventeenth century, we have rejected mythology as the product of superstitious and primitive minds. Only now are we coming to a fuller appreciation of the nature and role of myth in human history. In these five lectures originally prepared for the CBC, Claude L?vi-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lectures begin with a discussion of the historical split between mythology and science and the evidence that mythic levels of understanding are being reintegrated in our approach to knowledge. In an extension of his theme, Professosr L?vi-Strauss analyses what we have called 'primitive' thinking and discusses some universal features of human mythology. The final two lectures outline the functional relationship between mythology and history and the structural relationship between mythology and music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining history, anthropology, and philosophy, this book provides a broad and penetrating perspective on the contemporary western world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaude L?vi-Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e (1908-2009) was a professor of social anthropology at the Coll?ge de France and is the author of many distinguished works, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Elementary Structures of Kinship\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTristes Tropiques\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTotem-ism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Raw and the Cooked\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom Honey to Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStructural Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845292396818,"sku":"9780802063489","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_53df2f8e-2400-4b50-a74c-2acb6dd08366.jpg?v=1737346954","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/myth-and-meaning-9780802063489","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}