▁Anth rop ology , ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁his ▁ess ays ▁which ▁provided ▁both ▁examples ▁and ▁program m atic ▁statements ▁about ▁struct ural ism . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁lay ing ▁the ▁ground work ▁for ▁an ▁intellectual ▁program , ▁he ▁began ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁institutions ▁to ▁establish ▁anth rop ology ▁as ▁a ▁discipline ▁in ▁France , ▁including ▁the ▁Labor atory ▁for ▁Social ▁Anth rop ology ▁where ▁new ▁students ▁could ▁be ▁trained , ▁and ▁a ▁new ▁journal , ▁l ' Hom me , ▁for ▁publishing ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁their ▁research . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁published ▁what ▁is ▁for ▁many ▁people ▁his ▁most ▁important ▁work , ▁La ▁P ens ée ▁Sau v age , ▁translated ▁into ▁English ▁as ▁The ▁Sav age ▁Mind . ▁The ▁French ▁title ▁is ▁an ▁un trans lat able ▁pun ▁because ▁the ▁word ▁pens ée ▁means ▁both ▁" th ought " ▁and ▁" p ans y ", ▁while ▁sau v age ▁has ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁mean ings ▁different ▁from ▁English ▁" s av age ". ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁supposed ly ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁English ▁title ▁be ▁P ans ies ▁for ▁Th ought , ▁borrow ing ▁from ▁a ▁speech ▁by ▁O ph elia ▁in ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁Ham let ▁( ACT ▁IV , ▁Sc ene ▁V ). ▁French ▁ed itions ▁of ▁La ▁P ens ée ▁Sau v age ▁are ▁often ▁printed ▁with ▁an ▁image ▁of ▁wild ▁p ans ies ▁on ▁the ▁cover . ▁ ▁The ▁Sav age