Claude LéviStrauss par luimême

In what way can reflecting on worlds very far from our own either in space or time bear relevance for us today Is there a scientific legacy a before and after LéviStrauss in anthropology This documentary retraces the intellectual path of the author of Tristes tropiques A World on the Wane and La Pensée sauvage The Savage Mind Claude LéviStrauss The anthropologist and founder of structural anthropology in France is portrayed via numerous selected extracts of interviews he has given since the 1960s The film is a fascinating introduction into the mind of a man who is interested in all men LéviStrauss has great confidence in spite of a pessimistic view of our contemporary world in the creative capacities of the human mind