The contemporaneity of the book “Mitologiques” by Lévi Strauss doi: 10.5007/1984-8951.2010v11n99p2

Abstract

This article proves and analyses the actuality of the book “Mitologiques” by Lévi Strauss, more specifically the first book “O cru e o cozido”. The unleashing of the narrative of the myths leads the readers to a thought which redefines otherness and social relations questions such as the relations between the nature and the culture in non-European and in non-western peoples. This kind of discussion is in the everyday life not only in universities which very often do not work with this tetralogy in the graduation courses for considering its reading difficult, but also when we analyze the cultural industry which has recently shown the film “Avatar” by James Cameron (2009) which arises questions which could easily be linked to Lévi-Strauss’ masterpiece. More than a reflection about the “savage thought”, the book is not covered with dust in distant frameworks but it is an essential attachment, the focus of relevant discussions both in and out of the academy.