Claude Lévi-Strauss Quote

The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of individuals into a political system, and their grading into castes or classes. It seems to have favored the exploitation of human beings rather than their enlightenment.


Tristes Tropiques (ed. Penguin, 2012) - ISBN: 9781101575604


The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of ...

The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of ...

The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of ...

The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of ...