Claude Lévi-Strauss: a Career spanning a century

In this last week of November 2008, Claude Lévi-Strauss is celebrating his hundredth birthday. This is a private event, of no concern actually to anyone beyond the circle of his close admirers, friends and family. But this date is more than a sign of the man’s great age, it is also a symbol of the longevity of his work which marked the greater part of the lengthy twentieth century. Claude Lévi-Strauss’ first publication dates back to 1926. It was a thin booklet on Gracchus Babeuf, published i..