One of the key texts of structuralism: "The importance of Claude Levi-Strauss's work extends well beyond the boundaries of his own discipline: social anthropology. On January 5th, 1960, he delivered his inaugural lecture as a Professor at the College de France. In this address, a pivotal statement made at the zenith of his career, Levi-Strauss looks back to his work on kinship, forward to his research on myths, and defines anthropology both as a philosophy and as a method. No one-student, teacher, or general reader-can afford to ignore this blueprint for a revolution in the social sciences."