Anthropologist Levi-Strauss Dies
Kate Yule
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Claude Levi-Strauss, hailed by many as the father of modern anthropology, has died. He was 100.
The French intellectual’s work included theories about similarities between tribal and industrial societies.
Levi-Strauss is credited with reshaping the field of anthropology: he introduced new concepts concerning patterns of behavior and thought, particularly myths in primitive and modern societies.
He authored several classic texts in his 60-year career, including ‘The Savage Mind’ and ‘The Raw and the Cooked.’
The Academie Francaise says it plans a tribute to Levi-Strauss later this week.
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