Wild Thinking Ping (Translation of Famous Works)

Author: Claude Lévi-Strauss (French), translated by Li Youzeng
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Features: In the arguments of this book, the author not only addresses issues in anthropology but also touches upon various aspects such as linguistics, logic, sociology, psychology, aesthetics, history, and philosophy. Topics include the naming and classification of things, the relationship between structure and events, the relationship between nature and culture, the connection between individual names and general names, the form and content of art, and the differentiation of historical concepts, among others. The style of exposition is also unique, often interweaving philosophical, scientific, artistic, and literary languages. Additionally, although we may encounter terms borrowed from disciplines such as cybernetics, information theory, logical algebra, and structural linguistics in the text of this book, it is not a work of anthropology with a natural science style. Rather, it is a specialized theoretical anthropology with philosophical interests.