Discuss Levi-Strauss’ idea of “thinking”, and his way of mapping the similarities and differences of science and myth as modes of “thinking”. What is myth good for? What does Levi-Strauss think has been lost and can be recuperated? How do you understand his intervention vis à vis what we said in class on the history of the concept of race? In your answer use, Myth and Meaning , and you can also refer to "The Effectiveness of Symbols" and "Race and History."