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The Savage Mind

book by Claude Lévi-Strauss
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The Savage Mind

Summary

The Savage Mind is a written work[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • The Savage Mind authored Claude Lévi-Strauss[3].
  • The Savage Mind's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Savage Mind's language of work or name is recorded as French[5].
  • The Savage Mind's country of origin is recorded as France[6].
  • The Savage Mind's has edition or translation is recorded as La pensée sauvage[7].
  • The Savage Mind's has edition or translation is recorded as The Savage Mind[8].
  • The Savage Mind's has edition or translation is recorded as Q10315126[9].
  • The Savage Mind's has edition or translation is recorded as Q136777879[10].
  • The Savage Mind's dedicated to is recorded as Maurice Merleau-Ponty[11].
  • The Savage Mind's main subject is anthropology[12].
  • The Savage Mind's main subject is structural anthropology[13].
  • The Savage Mind's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'La Pensée sauvage'}[14].
  • The Savage Mind's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "On s'est longtemps plu à citer ces langues où les termes manquent, pour exprimer des concepts tels que ceux d'arbre ou d'animal, bien qu'on y trouve tous les mots nécessaires à un inventaire détaillé des espèces et des variétés. Mais, en invoquant ces cas à l'appui d'une prétendue inaptitude des « primitifs » à la pensée abstraite, on omettait d'abord d'autres exemples, qui attestent que la richesse en mots abstraits n'est pas l'apanage des seules langues civilisées."}[15].
  • The Savage Mind's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Le procès tout entier de la connaissance humaine assume ainsi le caractère d'un système clos. C'est donc rester encore fidèle à l'inspiration de la pensée sauvage que de reconnaître que l'esprit scientifique, sous sa forme la plus moderne, aura contribué, par une rencontre qu'elle seule eût su prévoir, à légitimer ses principes et à la rétablir dans ses droits."}[16].
  • The Savage Mind's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[17].

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Designation and Status

The Savage Mind's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

The Savage Mind has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

anthropology Claude Lévi-Strauss France Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Figures de la psychanalyse. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Beko · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dedicated to → Maurice Merleau-Ponty
    Author → Claude Lévi-Strauss
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → France
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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