Claude Lévi-Strauss
Father of structural anthropology
Quotes by Claude Lévi-Strauss
The world is a dream, and we are trying to interpret its symbols.
The human mind is a sculptor, shaping its own reality.
Myth is a way of giving meaning to life.
The anthropologist is a storyteller, recounting the tales of humanity.
The world is a stage, and we are all actors.
I am not saying that there are no differences between men, but that these differences are not as important as we have been led to believe.
The savage mind is not a primitive mind, but a mind that is organized differently.
The anthropologist is a sort of intellectual bricoleur.
The function of mythology is to make the world intelligible.
Man has always been a maker of myths, and he will always be one.
The ultimate wisdom is to be found in the myths of primitive peoples.
The anthropologist is a man who tries to understand other men.
The world is full of meaning, but we often fail to see it.
The anthropologist is a professional voyeur.
The human mind is a prisoner of its own categories.
The savage mind is not illogical, but pre-logical.
The anthropologist is a man who tries to make the strange familiar and the familiar strange.
The human mind is a structure, and it is the task of anthropology to reveal that structure.
The world is a text, and it is the task of the anthropologist to read it.
The anthropologist is a man who tries to understand the world from the point of view of others.