oney ▁to ▁Ash es , ▁The ▁N aked ▁Man ▁( to ▁borrow ▁some ▁titles ▁from ▁the ▁M yth olog iques ). ▁For ▁instance ▁he ▁comp ares ▁anth rop ology ▁to ▁musical ▁serial ism ▁and ▁def ends ▁his ▁" ph il osoph ical " ▁approach . ▁He ▁also ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁modern ▁view ▁of ▁primitive ▁cult ures ▁was ▁simpl istic ▁in ▁den ying ▁them ▁a ▁history . ▁The ▁categories ▁of ▁myth ▁did ▁not ▁persist ▁among ▁them ▁because ▁nothing ▁had ▁happened – it ▁was ▁easy ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁evidence ▁of ▁defeat , ▁migration , ▁ex ile , ▁repeated ▁disp lac ements ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁kinds ▁known ▁to ▁recorded ▁history . ▁Instead , ▁the ▁myth ic ▁categories ▁had ▁en comp ass ed ▁these ▁changes . ▁ ▁He ▁argued ▁for ▁a ▁view ▁of ▁human ▁life ▁as ▁existing ▁in ▁two ▁tim elines ▁simultaneously , ▁the ▁event ful ▁one ▁of ▁history ▁and ▁the ▁long ▁cycles ▁in ▁which ▁one ▁set ▁of ▁fundamental ▁myth ic ▁patterns ▁domin ates ▁and ▁then ▁perhaps ▁another . ▁In ▁this ▁respect , ▁his ▁work ▁res emb les ▁that ▁of ▁Fern and ▁Bra ud el , ▁the ▁historian ▁of ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁and ▁' la ▁longue ▁dur ée ,' ▁the ▁cultural ▁out look ▁and ▁forms ▁of ▁social ▁organization ▁that ▁pers isted ▁for ▁centuries ▁around ▁that ▁sea . ▁He ▁is ▁right ▁in ▁that ▁history ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁build ▁up ▁in ▁non ▁liter ate ▁society , ▁never theless , ▁Jean ▁G ui art ' s ▁anth rop ological ▁and ▁José ▁Gar anger ' s ▁ar che ological