Wild Thought: A New Translation of "La Pens馥 Sauvage" (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780226208015)

As the most influential anthropologist of his generation, Claude L騅i-Strauss left a profound mark on the development of twentieth-century thought. Through a mixture of insights gleaned from linguistics, sociology, and ethnology, L騅i-Strauss elaborated his theory of structural unity in culture and became the preeminent representative of structural anthropology. La Pens馥 sauvage, first 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.

Controversially titled The Savage Mind when it was first published in English in 1966, the original translation nevertheless sparked a fascination with L騅i-Strauss's work among Anglophone readers. Wild Thought 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 intellectual life in the twentieth century, making it an indispensable addition to any philosophical or anthropological library.

Author: Claude L騅i-Strauss
ISBN-10: 022620801X
ISBN-13: 9780226208015
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2021
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d