The Cambridge Companion to Lévi-StraussClaude L vi Strauss is one of the major thinkers of the modern age. Regarded as a crucial figure in the development of structuralism, his writings are studied across a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, philosophy and literary studies. The Cambridge Companion to L vi Strauss presents a major reassessment of his work and influence. The fifteen specially commissioned essays in this volume engage with the controversies that have