The Savage Mind

Name: The Savage Mind
Author: Claude Lévi-Strauss

by Claude Lévi-Strauss

How primitive classification systems reflect universal structures of human thought

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Claude Lévi-Strauss

French anthropologist who applied structural linguistics to the analysis of myth, kinship, and culture. The Raw and the Cooked and Tristes Tropiques are his most celebrated works. He founded structural anthropology and his methods influenced literary theory, philosophy, and cultural studies.

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Tristes TropiquesEthnographic account of Brazilian indigenous cultures and colonial encounter
The Raw and the CookedStructural analysis of myths in Amazonian societies revealing universal logical patterns
Structural AnthropologyEssays on structuralism and anthropological methods for understanding cultural meaning
MythologiquesMonumental four-volume structural analysis of myth across indigenous American cultures