I'm an anthropologist, poet, essayist and historian of ideas, currently University Professor of Social Theory at Rutgers University, where I founded the Department of Anthropology in 1967. I am perhaps best known professionally for my work on human and primate kinship systems, and my early book Kinship and Marriage, which, in all its editions and translations, is one of the most widely used anthropology texts in the world. The public knows me best for my work with Lionel Tiger, especially The Imperial Animal, on the significance of evolution for an understanding of human behavior and society. Friendly critics call me one of the pioneers of this approach, and I have continued to explore the implications for the human future of our knowledge of the evolutionary past, using not only science, but verse, drama, dialogue, satire, and more… I have never lost my sense of wonder over the improbable existence of such a discipline as anthropology. Perhaps discipline is not the right word, since for me, and I hope for you, these explorations, while bearing on some of the most critical problems facing mankind, are also sheer fun. Please explore further and see if you agree, and don’t miss “Shakespeare,” the Alpindians, and the verse and art – all new.

My latest book is The Tribal Imagination: Civilization and the Savage Mind (Harvard UP - due Spring 2011) studies on time, politics, religion, incest, marriage, literature, history, the perennial appeal of the tribal, and the origin and fragility of civilization. (See Latest Book.)

“Robin Fox has had a fascinating, adventurous and funny life. It would make a great movie.” Peter Cattaneo, director of Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, THE FULL MONTY. (See Memoir)