Contents

Chapter 2: The Freudian model and the analysis of culture

The nature of text
Culture and textuality
The mind-culture system

Chapter 3: Freud on culture

Introduction
Text
Author
Epoch and species

Chapter 4: Lévi-Strauss and the structuralist project

Lévi-Strauss's debt to Freud
The Lévi-Straussian unconscious
Levels of culture
Lévi-Strauss as analyst

Chapter 5: Bateson and the functionalist project

Bateson's debt to Freud
Steps, levels, benchmarks
Family, culture and art
Bateson's mind-culture system

Chapter 6: Conclusion

Bibliography of works cited