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Levi-Strauss, Claude
French (Belgian-born) anthropologist
foremost proponent of structuralism
elected to French Academy 1973
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- "The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions."
- "The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him."
- "The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions."
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Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture by Claude Levi-Strauss (Paperback - Mar 14, 1995)  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Tristes Tropiques by Claude Levi-Strauss (Paperback - Aug 1, 1992) "I hate travelling and explorers," famously declared Claude Lévi-Strauss, but how fortunate for readers that he should overcome his loathing to write about his experiences among the indigenous...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Totemism by Claude Levi-Strauss (Paperback - Jun 1, 1971) Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Do Kangaroos Wear Seatbelts? by Jane Kurtz (Hardcover - Feb 3, 2005) This warm and whimsical picture book opens with a little boy eagerly anticipating a trip to the zoo as his mother straps him into his car seat. Like most toddlers, he would rather run free than wear... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Structural Anthropology by Claude Levi-strauss (Paperback - Jun 6, 1974) The“structural method,” first set forth in this epoch-making book, changed the very face of social anthropology. This reissue of a classic will reintroduce readers to... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Raw and the Cooked: Mythologiques, Volume 1 (Raw&the Cooked) by Claude Levi-Strauss (Paperback - Mar 15, 1983) "Lévi-Strauss is a French savant par excellence, a man of extraordinary sensitivity and human wisdom . . . a deliberate stylist with profound convictions and convincing arguments. . . . [The Raw and... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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