▁world ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁called , ▁alongside ▁James ▁George ▁Fra zer ▁and ▁Franz ▁Bo as , ▁the ▁" father ▁of ▁modern ▁anth rop ology ". ▁ ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁" s av age " ▁mind ▁had ▁the ▁same ▁structures ▁as ▁the ▁" c ivil ized " ▁mind ▁and ▁that ▁human ▁characteristics ▁are ▁the ▁same ▁everywhere . ▁These ▁observations ▁cul min ated ▁in ▁his ▁famous ▁book ▁Tr istes ▁Trop iques ▁that ▁established ▁his ▁position ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁central ▁figures ▁in ▁the ▁struct ural ist ▁school ▁of ▁thought . ▁As ▁well ▁as ▁soci ology , ▁his ▁ideas ▁reached ▁into ▁many ▁fields ▁in ▁the ▁human ities , ▁including ▁philosophy . ▁Struct ural ism ▁has ▁been ▁defined ▁as ▁" the ▁search ▁for ▁the ▁underlying ▁patterns ▁of ▁thought ▁in ▁all ▁forms ▁of ▁human ▁activity ." ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life , ▁education , ▁and ▁career ▁ ▁Claude ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁was ▁born ▁to ▁French ▁Jewish ▁parents ▁who ▁were ▁living ▁in ▁Br uss els ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁where ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁portrait ▁painter . ▁He ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Paris , ▁living ▁on ▁a ▁street ▁of ▁the ▁ups c ale ▁ 1 6 th ▁arr ondissement ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁artist ▁Claude ▁Lor rain , ▁whose ▁work ▁he ▁adm ired ▁and ▁later ▁wrote ▁about . ▁During ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War , ▁he ▁lived ▁with ▁his ▁mat ernal ▁grand father , ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁ra bbi ▁of ▁the ▁syn agog ue ▁of ▁Vers a illes . ▁He ▁attended