“They create a desolation and call it peace.” Calgacus, Caledonian chief, speaking of the Romans   Here I want to address two aspects of Lévi-Strauss’s work which, I think, point outwards to new possibilities for anthropology. The first is the concept of the ensemble, “larger entity”, from the last chapter of The Naked Man, which … Continue reading Lévi-Strauss’s ‘double twist’ and controlled comparison: transformational relations between neighbouring societies