structural anthropology

American  

noun

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

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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