Write a 3 pages paper on analysis of claude levi strauss's books. According to Levi-Strauss, “Heterogeneous beliefs and customs have been arbitrarily collected together under the heading of totemism.”

Write a 3 pages paper on analysis of claude levi strauss's books. According to Levi-Strauss, “Heterogeneous beliefs and customs have been arbitrarily collected together under the heading of totemism.” There were many scholars who became supporters of totemism when they tried to decode the secrets of evolution. Levi-Strauss supported the anti-totemic school together with other anthropologists such as Goldenweiser and Boas. They believed that totemism was just a social historical reality. He concluded that totemism is just an exercise in logic of the savage mind. It is not the start of vast accomplishment of savage ancestors to form the first unit of social organization. In the book, Levi-Strauss also compared the Bricoleur and Engineer.. Bricoleur comes from the French verb bricoler which originally meant extraneous movements in ball games, hunting, gun firing, but now referred to repairing things by one’s self. The Engineer was referred by Levi-Strauss as the proper craftsman. According to Levi-Strauss, there is a difference between the two. Engineer sees things in its entirety and gathers all things needed in building or creating its masterpiece. On the other hand, a Bricoleur utilizes what materials are existing and finds new ways to create a masterpiece. The engineer uses a “scientific mind” while a bricoleur exercises a “savage mind”.