The Drunken King, or, The Origin of the State (African Systems of Thought)

"... de Heusch has achieved a significant advance over Lévi-Strauss’s formulations.... [A] landmark contribution to anthropological theory, historical methodology, structural analysis, and African studies." —Choice

A major work that modifies and extends Lévi-Straussian myth analysis in profound and exciting ways. Roy Willis’s masterful translation makes technical terms accessible to the general reader.