Claude Levi-Strauss (French Anthropologist / Ethnologist) Hand Signed Photo 2006 for Sale

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Claude Levi-Strauss (French Anthropologist / Ethnologist) Hand Signed Photo 2006 For Sale

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Claude Levi-Strauss (French Anthropologist / Ethnologist) Hand Signed Photo 2006:
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Claude Lévi-Strauss, 28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009, was a French Anthropologist and Ethnologist. His work was key in developing the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. He held the chair of Social Anthropology at the College de France between 1959 and 1982, was elected a member of the Academie Francaise in 1973, and was a member of the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. He received numerous honors from universities and institutions throughout the world.

Boldly Hand Autographed Signed 5" X 7" Photograph Dated 25.4.2006. Excellent Condition.

Includes Initialed Note on Laboratore D'Anthropologie Sociale Card. 4 1/4" X 5 3/4"

Lévi-Strauss argued that the "savage" mind had the same structures as the "civilized" mind and that human characteristics are the same everywhere. These observations culminated in his famous book Triste Tropiques (1955) which established his position as one of the central figures in the structuralist school of thought. As well as sociology, his ideas reached into many fields in the humanities, including philosophy. Structuralism has been defined as "the search for the underlying patterns of thought in all forms of human activity." He won the 1986 International Nomino Prize in Italy.

In 2008, he became the first member of the Académie française to reach the age of 100 and one of the few living authors to have his works published in the Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. On the death of Maurice Druon on 14 April 2009, he became the dean of the Académie, its longest-serving member.

He died on 30 October 2009, at age 100. The death was announced four days later.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy described him as "one of the greatest ethnologists of all time"

Bernard Kouchner. the French Foreign Minister said Lévi-Strauss "broke with an ethnocentric vision of history and humanity ... At a time when we are trying to give meaning to globalization, to build a fairer and more humane world, I would like Claude Lévi-Strauss's universal echo to resonate more strongly.