Lévi-Strauss, Claude
Claude Lévi-Strauss (November 28, 1908 - October 30, 2009)[edit]
An internationally recognized French anthropologist and ethnologist, who is often cited as the “father of modern anthropology”. He was one of the founding figures of structuralist thought, his ideas reaching into fields including humanities, philosophy and sociology. Claude Lévi-Strauss received numerous awards by universities across the world and also held the Chair of Social Anthropology at the College de France between 1959 and 1982. His first major work, Les Structures élémentaires de la parent (The Elementary Structures of Kinship) was published in 1949. His most popular publications include Tristes tropiques (1955; A World on the Wane), La Pensée sauvage (1962; The Savage Mind), and Le Totémisme aujourd’hui (1962; Totemism).
