Description
| Product ID: | 9780226413082 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Wild Thought |
| Subtitle: | A New Translation of "la Pensee Sauvage" |
| Authors: | Author: Claude Levi-Strauss, John Leavitt, Jeffrey Mehlman |
| Page Count: | 328 |
| Subjects: | Social and political philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Perhaps the most influential anthropologist of his generation, Claude Levi-Strauss left a profound mark on the development of twentieth-century thought, equal to that of phenomenology and existentialism. Through a fertile mixture of insights gleaned from linguistics and from sociology and ethnology, Levi-Strauss elaborated his theory of structural unity in culture and became the preeminent representative of structural anthropology. La Pensee sauvage, published in French in 1962, was his crowning achievement. Ranging over philosophies, historical periods, and human societies, it challenged the prevailing assumption of the superiority of modern Western culture and sought to explain the unity of human intellection. Unfortunately titled The Savage Mind when it first published in English in 1966, the original translation nevertheless sparked a fascination with Levi-Strauss's work among generations of Anglophone readers. Wild Thought: A New Translation of "La Pensee sauvage" rekindles that spark with a fresh and accessible new translation. Including critical annotations for the contemporary reader, it restores the accuracy and integrity of the book that changed the course of twentieth-century thought, making it an indispensable addition to any philosophical and anthropological library. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publisher Name: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-02-22 |
