esprit humain

is the structure of thought that is universal among humanity.

a much more generalized Geist-like entity the esprit humain the Human Mind which seems hardly distinguishable from a personified human society.' in (leach 1965 new left review)His anthropology represents a culmination of the principle of psychic unity, or as Levi-Strauss calls it, l'esprit humain a term sometimes loosely translated as 'collective unconscious' (in opposition to Durkheim's 'collective consciousness'). (Barnard) . . . Levi-Strauss' term (meaning 'human spirit') for the psychic unity or collective unconsciousness of humanity as a whole. In his usage it implies a structure of thought universal among humanity. (Barnard)

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