Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD vii
4. PART I. SANTA CLAUS BURNED AS A HERETIC, 1952 1
5. PART 2. WE ARE ALL CANNIBALS, 1989–2002
6. 1. “TOPSY-TURVYDOM” 21
7. 2. IS THERE ONLY ONE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT? 26
8. 3. SOCIAL PROBLEMS: RITUAL FEMALE EXCISION AND MEDICALLY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION 37
9. 4. PRESENTATION OF A BOOK BY ITS AUTHOR 49
10. 5. THE ETHNOLOGIST’S JEWELS 57
11. 6. PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS 64
12. 7. MONTAIGNE AND AMERICA 72
13. 8. MYTHIC THOUGHT AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT 76
14. 9. WE ARE ALL CANNIBALS 83
15. 10. AUGUSTE COMTE AND ITALY 90
16. 11. VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF A PAINTING BY POUSSIN 99
17. 12. FEMALE SEXUALITY AND THE ORIGIN OF SOCIETY 105
18. 13. A LESSON IN WISDOM FROM MAD COWS 112
19. 14. THE RETURN OF THE MATERNAL UNCLE 120
20. 15. PROOF BY NEW MYTH 127
21. 16. CORSI E RICORSI: IN VICO’S WAKE 133
22. NOTES 139
23. INDEX 145
24. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 155