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Prologue.
Claude Levi-Strauss ? Interpretive Commentary.
Author Introduction.
Part 1. At the Edge of Pattern and Chaos ? A Methodological Structure
Why Did Levi-Strauss Turn to “Wild Thought”? ? A Method Unveiled
Why Do We Learn Through Failure? ? The Structure of Mastery
The Sacred Mill of Hamlet ? The Mythic Structure of Binary Opposition
Why Did Cain Kill Abel? ? Kinship Structure and the Collapse of Taboo
How Did the Romans Help People with Poor Memory? ? Mnemonics and Cultural Structure
Why Is the Goddess of Fate So Capricious? ? The Structure Between Humans and the Transcendent
Why Did the Golden-Masked Pharaoh Tutankhamun Die? ? The Structure of Death and Power
Part 2. The Structure of Power and Order ? Patterns of Ancient and Modern Strategy.
How Did Athens Defeat Persia? ? The Structural Victory of the Few over the Many
How Did Alexander Defeat Darius III? ? The Structure of Leadership and Strategy
How Did Rome Seize Control of the Mediterranean? ? The Use of Geographic Structure
Why Was Caesar Assassinated? ? The Binary Opposition Between Republican Preservation and Imperial Desire
How Did Charles Martel Save Europe? ? The Structure of a Guardian of Civilization
How Did the Papacy Survive the Mongol Blade ? The Survival Structure of Religious Power
Why Did Clausewitz Write On War? ? The Structural Birth of Modern War Theory
The Art of War and the Archetype of Warfare ? Comparing Eastern and Western Strategic Structures
Part 3. The Structure of Heroes and Ruin ? Napoleon and the Pattern of Fate.
Why Did Napoleon Cross the Alps? ? The Birth of Heroic Myth
Why Did Beethoven Compose the “Archduke” Piano Trio? ? The Structural Relationship Between Art and Power
How Did Austria Repel Napoleon? ? The Structure of Defensive Strategy
Why Did Napoleon Cross the Danube? ? The Structure of Repaying Defeat
Why Did Napoleon Divorce Josephine? ? The Binary Opposition Between Personal and Imperial Fate
Why Did Napoleon Launch the Russian Campaign? ? The Structure of Expansionist Desire
Why Did Napoleon Fail in His Russian Campaign? ? The Binary Opposition of Supply and Geography
Why Could Napoleon Not Retreat South in Russia? ? The Structure of the Road and Binary Opposition
How Did Napoleon Break Out of the Russian Encirclement? ? The Structure of Encirclement and Escape
Why Did Napoleon Change His Crossing Point? ? A Structural Analysis of Decision-Making
What Strategy Brought Down Napoleon? ? The Structured Response of Allied Powers
Why Did Napoleon Escape from Elba? ? The Myth of the Returning Hero
Why Did Napoleon Lose at Waterloo? ? The Structure of Instant Judgment and Fate
The Price France Paid for Napoleon’s Fall ? The Consequence of Historical Structure
Part 4. Semiotics of East and West ? The Structure of Cultural Identity.
China’s Manufactured Swagger and Sima Qian’s Historical Distortions ? The Structure of Securing Legitimacy
Why Did Sima Qian Distort the Battle of Zhuolu? ? Rewriting the Myth of the Defeated
Why Did Japan Adopt the Title “Tenn?”? ? The Structure of Mythic Identity
Why Does Japan Have More Artisan Classes than Scholar Classes? ? A Comparison of Social Hierarchies
Why Does Japan Revere Sapsaree Dogs? ? The Structure of Animals and Cultural Symbols
Why Did Kim Heum-dol Rebel? ? Bone Rank System and the Kinship Structure of Power
Why Did Qin Become the First to Unify China? ? The Structure of Legalism and Centralization
Why Did Qin Collapse? ? The Breakdown of an Excessive Structure
Why Did Han Make a Humiliating Peace with the Xiongnu? ? The Binary Opposition of Interest and Honor
Why Did China Make the Yellow Emperor Its Progenitor? ? The Construction of a National Origin Myth
Why Did Sima Qian and Sima Guang See History Differently? ? Structural Differences in Narrative
Why Was the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Era So Turbulent? ? The Repeating Structure of Order and Disorder
Why Did China Pursue Extreme Class Struggle? ? The Power Structure that Controls Memory
Part 5. The Map of Reason and Mind ? A Philosophical Structure.
What Is Beauty to Thomas Aquinas? ? The Structure of Sacred Aesthetics
Why Did Kant Reject Baroque Art? ? The Structure of Judgment
Why Did Kant Critique Taste? ? Defining the Boundaries of Pure Reason
Why Did Leonardo da Vinci Paint the ‘Mona Lisa’? ? The Structure of Artistic Perfection
Why Did Michelangelo Oppose Leonardo and Raphael? ? The Structure of Creation and Rivalry
Why Did Plato Obsess Over the Forms? ? The Binary Opposition of Reality and the Ideal World
Why Did Machiavelli Write *The Prince*? ? The Structure of Idealism vs Real Politics
How Did Kant Surpass Descartes? ? The Shift of Epistemological Structure
Why Did Hegel Ignore Kant’s Reason? ? The Structure of Spirit and the Absolute
Why Did Schopenhauer Reject Hegel’s Spirit? ? The Structure of Will and Representation
Why Is Whitehead’s Thought Similar to the East? ? The Structure of Process Philosophy
Why Do We Fail to Converse? ? In Search of Gadamer's Remedy, Hermeneutic Structure