{"product_id":"myth-and-meaning-claude-lvi-strauss-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騅i-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騅i-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claude L騅i-Strauss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802063489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802063489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/1978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Claude L騅i-Strauss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947182162175,"sku":"9780802063489","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_668be2e4-3ca7-4c29-9972-409d7911d6df.jpg?v=1681517208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/myth-and-meaning-claude-lvi-strauss-9780802063489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}