structural anthropology

noun

1. a school of anthropology founded by Claude Lévi-Strauss and based loosely on the principles of structural linguistics.

Example Sentences

At university, she decided to study structural anthropology, examining the ways humans use myth and social structures to resolve the fundamental oppositions of existence: life and death, light and darkness.

From New York Times

But we no longer rely on mythic tales like in The Raw and the Cooked, Levi-Strauss’ classic work of structural anthropology.

From Forbes

They’ll assign readings in philosophy, poetry, structural anthropology, nonsense or an early American novel about a murderous ventriloquist.

From New York Times