ABSTRACT
AswithDarwinandFreudandmanyother famousmenClaudeLevi-Strauss,Professorof SocialAnttropologyattheCollegedeFrance, needstobejudgedontwoquitedifferentlevels. Firstwemayask:'Whathashecontributedto theparticularscientificdisciplineinwhichhe isaprofessionalexpert?'andsecondly:'What isthebasisofhispubliccelebrity?'ThetreatmentwhichisnowbeingaccordedtoLeviStrauss'workinFrenchintellectualjournals suggeststhatheshouldbelookeduponasan originalthinkerofthefirstrank.Heisbeginningtobespokenofasaphilosopher,the founderof'structuralism,'onaparwithSartre, thefounderofexistentialism.'Howshouldwe judgehiminthisrole?
