Structural Anthropology Zero compiles articles and short pieces written by Claude Lévi-Strauss between 1941 and 1947 while he lived in the United States, most of the period in New York. It follows the template of the three previous "Structural Anthropology" books, distributing the articles in five nonchronological thematic sections. Many echo the sections of the earlier volumes, such as "Art" and "History and Method"; others bring together lesser-known interests of the author, such as the final section which features empirical studies of lowland South American societies. The chapters are preceded by an exceptional Introduction by the editor, Vincent Debaene, explaining how the chapters were chosen and how they relate to each other. It also asks why some of the texts gathered in this volume were excluded from those Lévi-Strauss published in his lifetime, shedding light on how the author constructed an image of structural anthropology which relied on pondered omissions as much as robust manifestoes.