“Freedom is neither a legal invention nor a philosophical conquest, the cherished possession of civilizations more valid than others because they alone have been able to create or preserve it. It is the outcome of an objective relationship between the individual and the space he occupies, between the consumer and the resources at his disposal.” Has BeensAbleIndividualSpaceCivilizationResourcesPhilosophicalPossessionInventionObjectivesConsumersPreservesOutcomesConquest Book:Tristes Tropiques Source: Tristes Tropiques
“Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor anyone in society alone among the others, so man is not alone in the universe.” MenScienceUniverseIndividualGroupsNot Alone Book:Tristes Tropiques Source: Tristes Tropiques
“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.” WritingHumansSeemsPoliticalIndividualHuman BeingsNumbersCitiesClassCreationEnlightenmentEmpiresPhenomenonExploitationIntegrationPolitical SystemsLarge NumbersCastes Author:Claude Levi-Strauss
