Emmanuelle Loyer is Professor of Contemporary History at Sciences-Po, Paris. Her biography of Lévi-Strauss was awarded the Prix Femina essai in 2015.

• AcknowledgementsForeword Adam KuperIntroduction. The Worlds of Claude Lévi-StraussPart I Yesterday's Worlds (É-1935)Chapter 1 The Name of the FatherChapter 2 Revelations (1908-1924)Chapter 3 Revolutions (1924-1931): Politics vs. PhilosophyChapter 4 Redemption: Anthropology (1931-1935)Chapter 5 The Enigma of the WorldPart II New Worlds (1935-1947)Chapter 6 France in São PauloChapter 7 In the Heart of BrazilChapter 8 Massimo Lévi with the NambikwaraChapter 9 Crisis (1939-1941)Chapter 10 A Frenchman in New York City: Exile and Intellectual Invention (1941-1944)Chapter 11 Structuralism Ð the American YearsPart III The Old World (1947-1971)Chapter 12 The Ghosts of Marcel MaussChapter 13 ManhoodChapter 14 The Confessions of Claude Lévi-StraussChapter 15 Structuralist Crystallization (1958-1962)Chapter 16 The Manufacture of ScienceChapter 17 The Scholarly LifeChapter 18 The Politics of DiscretionPart IV The World (1971-2009)Chapter 19 ImmortalChapter 20 MetamorphosesChapter 21 Claude Lévi-Strauss, our ContemporaryNotesWorks by Lévi-StraussArchives consultedAbbreviations of Works by Lévi-StraussIllustration creditsIndex

"Emmanuelle Loyer has produced a meticulously researched, intelligent and sensitive biography worthy of her subject, one of the greatest Francophone intellectuals of the twentieth century. Critical yet generous, her portrait of Claude Lévi-Strauss rings true and comes alive on the page."—Michael Harkin, University of Wyoming"The inspiration that continues to spring forth from the work of Lévi-Strauss is a mystery to many anthropologists. He has told us of the many influences on his work, and commentators have argued for yet others, but they don't really account for his extraordinary originality and independence. Emmanuelle Loyer's thorough account of his life and work may help us resolve this wonderful puzzle."—Maurice Bloch, London School of Economics"This is the first true biography of one of the greatest French intellectuals of the twentieth century, who lived to be 100 years old and who finished his life covered in glory and honours. Emmanuelle Loyer's book is a marvel of intelligence that holds the reader's attention from beginning to end."—Élisabeth Roudinesco, Le Monde"Loyer's biography offers an unprecedentedly rich sense of the man."—Financial Times"Loyer offers a vivid portrait of the anthropologist and his time. But she also invites us to imagine how Lévi-Strauss might endure as a thinker for our century, as much for his own."—Boston Review"deeply researched . . . engaging and engaged"—The New York Review of Books"Emanuelle Loyer’s 744 page biography has achieved the seemingly impossible. This detailed, deeply researched, and relatively accessible volume makes it difficult to imagine that anyone will attempt a more exhaustive biography in the future. If they did, I am not sure what they could add to Loyer’s account. While many aspects of Lévi-Strauss’s life still await specialized treatment, I am confident that this book will become the definitive one-volume biography of Lévi-Strauss for the foreseeable future."—History of Anthropology

Emmanuelle Loyer is Professor of Contemporary History at Sciences-Po, Paris. Her biography of Lévi-Strauss was awarded the Prix Femina essai in 2015.

• AcknowledgementsForeword Adam KuperIntroduction. The Worlds of Claude Lévi-StraussPart I Yesterday's Worlds (É-1935)Chapter 1 The Name of the FatherChapter 2 Revelations (1908-1924)Chapter 3 Revolutions (1924-1931): Politics vs. PhilosophyChapter 4 Redemption: Anthropology (1931-1935)Chapter 5 The Enigma of the WorldPart II New Worlds (1935-1947)Chapter 6 France in São PauloChapter 7 In the Heart of BrazilChapter 8 Massimo Lévi with the NambikwaraChapter 9 Crisis (1939-1941)Chapter 10 A Frenchman in New York City: Exile and Intellectual Invention (1941-1944)Chapter 11 Structuralism Ð the American YearsPart III The Old World (1947-1971)Chapter 12 The Ghosts of Marcel MaussChapter 13 ManhoodChapter 14 The Confessions of Claude Lévi-StraussChapter 15 Structuralist Crystallization (1958-1962)Chapter 16 The Manufacture of ScienceChapter 17 The Scholarly LifeChapter 18 The Politics of DiscretionPart IV The World (1971-2009)Chapter 19 ImmortalChapter 20 MetamorphosesChapter 21 Claude Lévi-Strauss, our ContemporaryNotesWorks by Lévi-StraussArchives consultedAbbreviations of Works by Lévi-StraussIllustration creditsIndex

"Emmanuelle Loyer has produced a meticulously researched, intelligent and sensitive biography worthy of her subject, one of the greatest Francophone intellectuals of the twentieth century. Critical yet generous, her portrait of Claude Lévi-Strauss rings true and comes alive on the page."—Michael Harkin, University of Wyoming"The inspiration that continues to spring forth from the work of Lévi-Strauss is a mystery to many anthropologists. He has told us of the many influences on his work, and commentators have argued for yet others, but they don't really account for his extraordinary originality and independence. Emmanuelle Loyer's thorough account of his life and work may help us resolve this wonderful puzzle."—Maurice Bloch, London School of Economics"This is the first true biography of one of the greatest French intellectuals of the twentieth century, who lived to be 100 years old and who finished his life covered in glory and honours. Emmanuelle Loyer's book is a marvel of intelligence that holds the reader's attention from beginning to end."—Élisabeth Roudinesco, Le Monde"Loyer's biography offers an unprecedentedly rich sense of the man."—Financial Times"Loyer offers a vivid portrait of the anthropologist and his time. But she also invites us to imagine how Lévi-Strauss might endure as a thinker for our century, as much for his own."—Boston Review"deeply researched . . . engaging and engaged"—The New York Review of Books"Emanuelle Loyer’s 744 page biography has achieved the seemingly impossible. This detailed, deeply researched, and relatively accessible volume makes it difficult to imagine that anyone will attempt a more exhaustive biography in the future. If they did, I am not sure what they could add to Loyer’s account. While many aspects of Lévi-Strauss’s life still await specialized treatment, I am confident that this book will become the definitive one-volume biography of Lévi-Strauss for the foreseeable future."—History of Anthropology

Emmanuelle Loyer is Professor of Contemporary History at Sciences-Po, Paris. Her biography of Lévi-Strauss was awarded the Prix Femina essai in 2015.

• AcknowledgementsForeword Adam KuperIntroduction. The Worlds of Claude Lévi-StraussPart I Yesterday's Worlds (É-1935)Chapter 1 The Name of the FatherChapter 2 Revelations (1908-1924)Chapter 3 Revolutions (1924-1931): Politics vs. PhilosophyChapter 4 Redemption: Anthropology (1931-1935)Chapter 5 The Enigma of the WorldPart II New Worlds (1935-1947)Chapter 6 France in São PauloChapter 7 In the Heart of BrazilChapter 8 Massimo Lévi with the NambikwaraChapter 9 Crisis (1939-1941)Chapter 10 A Frenchman in New York City: Exile and Intellectual Invention (1941-1944)Chapter 11 Structuralism Ð the American YearsPart III The Old World (1947-1971)Chapter 12 The Ghosts of Marcel MaussChapter 13 ManhoodChapter 14 The Confessions of Claude Lévi-StraussChapter 15 Structuralist Crystallization (1958-1962)Chapter 16 The Manufacture of ScienceChapter 17 The Scholarly LifeChapter 18 The Politics of DiscretionPart IV The World (1971-2009)Chapter 19 ImmortalChapter 20 MetamorphosesChapter 21 Claude Lévi-Strauss, our ContemporaryNotesWorks by Lévi-StraussArchives consultedAbbreviations of Works by Lévi-StraussIllustration creditsIndex

"Emmanuelle Loyer has produced a meticulously researched, intelligent and sensitive biography worthy of her subject, one of the greatest Francophone intellectuals of the twentieth century. Critical yet generous, her portrait of Claude Lévi-Strauss rings true and comes alive on the page."—Michael Harkin, University of Wyoming"The inspiration that continues to spring forth from the work of Lévi-Strauss is a mystery to many anthropologists. He has told us of the many influences on his work, and commentators have argued for yet others, but they don't really account for his extraordinary originality and independence. Emmanuelle Loyer's thorough account of his life and work may help us resolve this wonderful puzzle."—Maurice Bloch, London School of Economics"This is the first true biography of one of the greatest French intellectuals of the twentieth century, who lived to be 100 years old and who finished his life covered in glory and honours. Emmanuelle Loyer's book is a marvel of intelligence that holds the reader's attention from beginning to end."—Élisabeth Roudinesco, Le Monde"Loyer's biography offers an unprecedentedly rich sense of the man."—Financial Times"Loyer offers a vivid portrait of the anthropologist and his time. But she also invites us to imagine how Lévi-Strauss might endure as a thinker for our century, as much for his own."—Boston Review"deeply researched . . . engaging and engaged"—The New York Review of Books"Emanuelle Loyer’s 744 page biography has achieved the seemingly impossible. This detailed, deeply researched, and relatively accessible volume makes it difficult to imagine that anyone will attempt a more exhaustive biography in the future. If they did, I am not sure what they could add to Loyer’s account. While many aspects of Lévi-Strauss’s life still await specialized treatment, I am confident that this book will become the definitive one-volume biography of Lévi-Strauss for the foreseeable future."—History of Anthropology