C. Lеvi-Strauss as a culturologist: the problem of research and inheritance.
Culturological researches - the integral and major part of the anthropology studying the man as the complete phenomenon. On C. L vi-Strauss "culture" - one of initial concepts ethnologicals. One of ways of its introduction - definition by analogy to concept of isolate in a demography. Then culture - set of systems of the significances, serving to creation and preservation of specificity of this or that society. L viStrauss leans against definition of culture by Taylor and develops tradition of correlation of culture and the nature going from antiquity. The destiny of their opposition is treated under the influence of J.-J. Rousseau's sights.