Jewish-French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralist anthropology brought together ideas of Boas (especially Boas's belief in the mutability of cultural forms, and Bastian's belief in the psychic unity of humankind) and French sociologist's Émile Durkheim's focus on social structures (institutionalized relationships among persons and groups of persons).
Mwanaanthropolojia wa Kiyahudi-Kifaransa Claude Lévi-Strauss alileta pamoja mawazo ya Boas (hasa imani ya Boas katika kubadilika kwa maumbo ya kitamaduni, na imani ya Bastian katika umoja wa kiakili wa wanadamu) na mtazamo wa mwanasosholojia wa Kifaransa Émile Durkheim juu ya miundo ya kijamii (mahusiano ya kitaasisi kati ya mahusiano ya kibinafsi). na vikundi vya watu).