Claude Lévi-Strauss
Key figure in structuralism and structural anthropology.
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Claude Lévi-Strauss was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology.
- field
- Anthropology, ethnology
- nationality
- Belgian-born French
- known_for
- Structuralism and structural anthropology
Lore & Background
He grew up in Paris and during the First World War lived with his maternal grandfather, the Rabbi of Versailles. This experience cemented his professional identity as an anthropologist.
Reader's Guide
His ideas reached into many fields in the humanities, including philosophy.
Did You Know?
- He was born in Brussels to French-Jewish parents and grew up in Paris.
- He spent most of World War II in New York City and was a founding member of the École Libre des Hautes Études.
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