Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture by Claude Levi-Strauss

Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture
by Claude Levi-Strauss

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ISBN: 0805210385

ISBN-13: 9780805210385

Edition: 1st

Data published: 1995

Publisher: Schocken

Description of the Book: Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture

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In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Lévi-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?', Lévi-Strauss presents, in clear, precise language, essential guidance for those who want to learn more about the potential of the human mind.

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Details of the Book: Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture

Author: Claude Levi-Strauss

Number Of Pages: 80

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0875844251

ISBN-13: 9780805210385

Language: English

Amazon Sales Rank: 24598

Publication Date: 1995

Publisher: Schocken

Package Dimensions: 0.30 x 7.70 x 5.00 inches

Related Keywords

Sociology Anthropology - Cultural History & Surveys - Modern Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural Mythology Philosophy Of Anthropology Social Science Ethnophilosophy Structural anthropology Cultural Studies