Structuralism
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seeks to unveil the logic of myths through bundled opposites like light and dark
It is a Comparative approach representative of a Particular Epistemology or Way of Understanding Nature and Organizing Thought. Claude Levis-Strauss thought that myth's purpose was to "mediate" these oppositions, thereby resolving basic tensions or contradictions found in human life or culture. He thinks the content of the myth is arbitrary. He sees similarities between myths from different cultures which explore the same themes
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Author | Claude Levis-Strauss + |
Description | seeks to unveil the logic of myths through bundled opposites like light and dark |
Term | Comparative + |