Claude Lévi-Strauss was a visiting professor at the New School for Social Research in New York City (1941–45), where he was influenced by the work of linguist Roman Jakobson. You can read more about him here.
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Claude Lévi-Strauss, 2001., Joel Robine—AFP/G