Myth and Meaning

Inaddresseswrittenforawidegeneralaudience,oneofthetwentiethcentury'smostprominentthinkers,ClaudeLévi-Strauss,hereofferstheinsightsofalifetimeonthecrucialquestionsofhumanexistence.'Somethinkersareinfluential,afewcreateschools,averyfewcharacterizeaperiod...itispossiblethatjustaswespeakoftheageofAquinasorofGoethe,laterageswillspeakofourtimeastheageofLevi-Strauss...heisamakerofthemodernmind.'-JamesRedfield