Structuralist Theory of Myth and Its Critique

Student: Semenko Dmitrii

Educational Programme: Philosophy (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 7

Year of Graduation: 2019

This research studies the structuralist theory of myth, which was developed by the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss. Research analyzes concepts of structural anthropology, such as structure, primitive thinking, bricolage, synchrony and diachrony. Also considered a criticism of the theory of Levi-Strauss from both anthropologists and philosophers.

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