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Anthropology Confronmts the Problems of the Modern World CL AUDE LÉVI-STRAUSS Foreword by Translated by Maurice Olender Jane Marie Todd Anthropology Confronts the Prob lems of the Modern World Anthropology Confronts the Prob lems of the Modern World Claude Lévi- Strauss foreword by maurice olender translated by jane marie todd the belknap press of harvard university press Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, Eng land 2013 first published as Anthropologie face aux problèmes du monde moderne, copyright © 2011 Éditions du seuil Collection La Librairie du XXIe siècle, sous la direction de Maurice olender Copyright © 2013 by the president and fellows of harvard College all rights reserved printed in the united states of america Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data lévi- strauss, Claude [l’anthropologie face aux problèmes du monde moderne. eng lish] anthropology confronts the prob lems of the modern world / Claude lévi- strauss with a foreword by Maurice olender ; translated by Jane Marie todd. p. cm. includes bibliographical references. isbn 978- 0- 674- 07290- 9 (alk. paper) 1. anthropology. 2. Japan—Civilization. i. title. Gn29.l4813 2013 301—dc23 2012031550 My thanks to Monique Lévi-S trauss, who followed ev ery stage in the publication of this volume with equal parts attention and generosity M. O. Contents Foreword by Maurice Olender ix 1. The End of the West’s Cultural Supremacy 1 2. Three Great Contemporary Probl ems: Sexuality, Economic Development, and Mythic Thought 45 3. Recognizing Cultural Diversity: What We Can Learn from Japanese Civilization 88 About the Author 127 foreW ord Maurice Olender In spring 1986, on the occasion of his fourth visit to Japan, Claude Lévi-S trauss wrote the three chap- ters composing this volume and delivered them as lectures at the invitation of the Ishizaka Foundation in Tokyo. He chose for that series the title of this book: Anthropology Confronts the Probl ems of the Modern World. Lévi- Strauss draws freely from his earlier writings to identify the major themes of his work, and to cri- tique and update them. He rereads some of the texts that made him famous, reconsidering the main so- cial issues that never ceased to trouble him, especially the relationships between race, his tory, and culture. He also meditates on the possible future of new forms of humanism in a world undergoing transfor- mation. Those readers familiar with Lévi-S trauss will redis- ix
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