Myth and Meaning: Five Talks for Radio Tapa dura - 1978

University of Toronto Press, 1978. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978. -----Black cloth with silver lettering on spine, 54 pages, tight square and clean, former owners name neatly written along top edge of title page, also dated on inside back cover, dust jacket has faint shelf wear, very faint sticker shadow on inside front flap at top. "Ever 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 origsinally prepared for the CBC, Claude Levi-Strauss, one of the world's greatest living thinkers, offers the insights of a lifetime spent interpreting myths and trying ot discover their significance for human understanding. Combining history, anthropology, and philosophy, this book provides a broad and penetrating perspective on the contemporary western world." Contents include: The Meeting of… Leer más

University of Toronto Press, 1978. 54 pp., Hardcover, very good in a very good dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good -. Five lectures presented for CBC's IDEAS in 1977 by the influential Belgium-born, French Professor of Social Anthropology (1908 - 2009. Black boards with silver titling on spine. (viii) 54 pages. Some creasing & a 3 short tears at upper edge of dust jacket

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.