Lévi-Strauss

[ ley-vee-strous ]

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noun

Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.

Lévi-Strauss

/ levistros; ˈlɛvɪˈstraʊs /

Lévi-StraussClaude19082009MFrenchSOCIAL SCIENCE: anthropologistWRITING: structuralist Claude (klod). (1908–2009) French anthropologist, leading exponent of structuralism. His books include The Elementary Structures of Kinship (1969), Totemism (1962), The Savage Mind (1966), Mythologies (1964–71), and Saudades do Brazil (Memories of Brazil; 1994)

The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss saw the Amazon rainforest, as he saw most things, as a complex structure.

Braddock also partnered with Levi Strauss Co., and served as the centerpiece of their 2010 brand campaign.

As former U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia Joseph Mussomeli put it, "Levi Strauss or the Gap could destroy this country on a whim."

April 18, 2024petrichor

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