Wild thinking

Author: Claude Lévi-Strauss (France), translated by Li Youzhen
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book systematically and deeply studies the characteristics of the "concreteness" and "wholeness" of thinking in primitive humans through extensive field research. It argues that the concrete thinking of primitive people is not superior or inferior to the abstract thinking of civilized people; instead, they develop in parallel, each serving its own function. Human artistic and scientific activities correspond to these two modes of thinking. The book covers a wide range of topics and adopts a unique style of argumentation, making it a specialized theoretical anthropology work with philosophical interest.