Anthropologist Claude L�vi-Strauss was among the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. In this rigorous study, Maurice Godelier traces the evolution of his thought. Focusing primarily on L�vi-Strauss’s analysis of kinship and myth, Godelier provides an assessment of his intellectual achievements and legacy. Meticulously researched, L�vi-Strauss is written in a clear and accessible style. The culmination of decades of engagement with L�vi-Strauss’s work, this book will prove indispensible to students of his thought and structural anthropology more generally.
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Maurice Godelier is a world-renowned anthropologist. Among the many honors he has received are the CNRS Gold Medal and the Alexander von Humboldt prize. His major works include The Making of Great Men, The Metamorphoses of Kinship, The Enigma of the Gift, In and Out of the West, and, more recently, L�vi-Strauss: A Critical Study of His Thought.