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Claude Levi-Strauss

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Scientist

The Resume

    (November 28, 1908-October 30, 2009)
    Wrote 'Myth and Meaning,' 'Elementary Structures of Kinship' and 'Structural Anthropology'

Why he might be annoying:

    He shared his name with a brand of blue jeans.
    He got into anthropology in order to get out of philosophy, yet anthropologists read his works less than philosophers do.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Since he was Jewish, he had to flee France after the Nazis invaded.
    He developed structuralism.
    His work on the structure of mythology is very influential.

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    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 67 Votes: 52.24% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 65 Votes: 55.38% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 150 Votes: 84.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 72 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 97 Votes: 36.08% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 61 Votes: 32.79% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 66 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 116 Votes: 43.10% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 165 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 491 Votes: 45.42% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 636 Votes: 44.50% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 204 Votes: 51.96% Annoying