I did not choose Claude Levi-Strauss; he was thrust upon me. Structuralism was far from my mind when I was gifted a bunch of his books. A couple of academicians were arguing over the merits of ...

Claude Lévi-Strauss, defining French anthropologist of the twentieth century, has died at the age of 100. For devotees and dilettantes who know of the "anthropology god" (as Gawker calls him) what ...

On the visual — and psychological — contradictions of pictures from the road. By Gideon Lewis-Kraus Handbags that carry the essentials in style; sporting fashion; and more. Mary Billard “Claude ...

A primitive people is not a backward or retarded people; indeed it may possess a genius for invention or action that leaves the achievements of civilized peoples far behind. —Claude Lévi-Strauss IF ...