Posted on 11/03/2009 9:34:00 AM PST by Borges
PARIS – Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial societies, has died. He was 100.
The French intellectual was regarded as having reshaped the field of anthropology, introducing the concept of structuralism — concepts about common patterns of behavior and thought, especially myths, in a wide range of human societies. Defined as the search for the underlying patterns of thought in all forms of human activity, structuralism compared the formal relationships among elements in any given system.
During his six-decade career, Levi-Strauss authored literary and anthropological classics including "Tristes Tropiques" (1955), "The Savage Mind" (1963) and "The Raw and the Cooked" (1964).
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
You, like me, have an evil mind.
Indeed.
Ping!
Is George Burnes still alive? I can’t remember.
Actually Levi-Strauss’ writings about the cultural role of the trickster is very relevant to the current political environment.
He went to be with Gracie back in 1996. Made it to age 100 plus a few months.
Hmmm .... no mention of the invention of denim.
I’m happy for him :-)
cultural anthro ping.
Wow..didn’t know he was alive. His writings played a big part in my college education. Going to have to dust off one of his books in the near future.
Not only is Olivia de Havilland still alive, but so is Joan Fonatine, her sister! Both of them are well past 90. There must be something to those de Havilland genes!
I’m hot and cold on that issue.
Exactly. Show some respect, people. (Thinking furiously) I...uh...always read structural anthropology with jeans on...
Seriously, holy crap - I didn't know the guy was still around. Made the big century mark, he did. Good on him. I have to wonder - maybe I'll take this opportunity to read it - how he felt about the neo-Marxists who have so inundated the field.
Hugh Downs, too.
commonality
structuralism
patterns of thought
?
(drink)
RIP Claude
Geez...I thought he’d been dead for twenty years. Any news on Generalissimo Franco?
Between C L-S and Joseph Campbell, we still have the template for some of the most successful movies ever made.
Oh gosh, a dark day for the blue jean industry...
He looks good in the picture for someone who made
his fortune during the Gold Rush of 98.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.