Claude Levi-Strauss
The French anthropologist, Claude Levi-Strauss, has died, aged 100. Levi-Strauss was one of the towering intellectuals of the second half of the twentieth century. At Crikey, Guy Rundle provides an appreciation, and contextualises Levi-Strauss’ thought and influence for our times.
On abstractly mourning Britt Lapthorne
I’ve felt quite uncomfortable watching a lot of the coverage related to the disappearance and death of Australian backpacker Britt Lapthorne in Dubrovnik. In particular, I wondered whether her mother, Elke, was really helping matters any by so publicly displaying [...]
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