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The French Bid Farewell To One Of Their Greatest

It is not the denim giant Levi Strauss the world is looking upon today; instead, journalists across the globe are paying homage to French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, who died on Friday at the age of 100. Full Article at Big Think

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  1. Claude Levi-Strauss, the French anthropologist who transformed Western understanding of what was once called primitive man and who towered over the French intellectual scene in the 1960s and 70s, has died at 100. Full Article at Indian Express

  2. (JTA) -- Claude Levi-Strauss, considered by many to be the father of modern anthropology, died in Paris at the age of 100. Levi-Strauss died at his home last Friday and was buried Tuesday. Full Article at JTA

  3. century," Philippe Descola, the chairman of the anthropology department at the College de France, said last November in an interview with The New York Times on the centenary of Levi-Strauss' birth. Full Article at Salt Lake Tribune

  4. Claude Lévi-Strauss, the French anthropologist who towered over the French intellectual scene during the 1960s and ’70s, transforming Western understanding of what was once called “primitive man,” died overnight between Saturday and Sunday. He was 100. Full Article at The New York Times

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