La Pensée sauvage
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La Pensée sauvage is a seminal 1962 anthropological and philosophical work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that explores the structures of human thought through so-called “primitive” classification systems.
All labels observed (1)
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| La Pensée sauvage canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7631308 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Pensée sauvage Context triple: [The Savage Mind, originalTitle, La Pensée sauvage]
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Le Lys dans la vallée
Le Lys dans la vallée is a 1835 novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays an intense, unfulfilled love affair set against the backdrop of French provincial society, and is considered one of his major works in La Comédie humaine.
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B.
Récoltes et Semailles
Récoltes et Semailles is an extensive, reflective manuscript by mathematician Alexander Grothendieck that blends autobiographical narrative with a critical examination of his own work and the culture of modern mathematics.
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C.
Terre des Hommes
Terre des Hommes is a French phrase meaning "Land of Men" (or "Man and His World") that served as the inspirational theme and motto for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
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D.
Les Écréhous
Les Écréhous is a small, largely uninhabited group of islets and rocks in the English Channel, lying off the coast of Jersey and known for its wildlife and scenic seascapes.
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E.
La Réjouissance
La Réjouissance is a jubilant, celebratory movement from George Frideric Handel’s orchestral suite Music for the Royal Fireworks, known for its triumphant, dance-like character.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Pensée sauvage Target entity description: La Pensée sauvage is a seminal 1962 anthropological and philosophical work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that explores the structures of human thought through so-called “primitive” classification systems.
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A.
Le Lys dans la vallée
Le Lys dans la vallée is a 1835 novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays an intense, unfulfilled love affair set against the backdrop of French provincial society, and is considered one of his major works in La Comédie humaine.
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B.
Récoltes et Semailles
Récoltes et Semailles is an extensive, reflective manuscript by mathematician Alexander Grothendieck that blends autobiographical narrative with a critical examination of his own work and the culture of modern mathematics.
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C.
Terre des Hommes
Terre des Hommes is a French phrase meaning "Land of Men" (or "Man and His World") that served as the inspirational theme and motto for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
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D.
Les Écréhous
Les Écréhous is a small, largely uninhabited group of islets and rocks in the English Channel, lying off the coast of Jersey and known for its wildlife and scenic seascapes.
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E.
La Réjouissance
La Réjouissance is a jubilant, celebratory movement from George Frideric Handel’s orchestral suite Music for the Royal Fireworks, known for its triumphant, dance-like character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropology book
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book ⓘ philosophy book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
social anthropology
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structural anthropology ⓘ |
| argues |
classification is a universal feature of human cognition
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so-called primitive thought is as logical as modern scientific thought ⓘ |
| author | Claude Lévi-Strauss ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
binary oppositions in thought
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logic of totemism ⓘ relationship between myth and science ⓘ so-called primitive classification systems ⓘ structures of human thought ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
anthropology
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epistemology ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical anthropology
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structural anthropology ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Savage Mind ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analyses of mythological systems
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analyses of totemism ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary anthropology
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cultural studies ⓘ literary theory ⓘ structuralist philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ferdinand de Saussure
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Roman Jakobson ⓘ structural linguistics ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
bricolage
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cold societies ⓘ hot societies ⓘ savage mind ⓘ
linked to:
The Savage Mind
totemic classification ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
classification systems
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human thought ⓘ mythology ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| notableIdea | equivalence of mythical and scientific thought in structural terms ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Claude Lévi-Strauss ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| publisher | Plon ⓘ |
| subtitle | The Savage Mind ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | structuralism ⓘ |
| title | La Pensée sauvage ⓘ |
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Subject: La Pensée sauvage Description of subject: La Pensée sauvage is a seminal 1962 anthropological and philosophical work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that explores the structures of human thought through so-called “primitive” classification systems.
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