This article replies to the critique formulated by Christian Delacampagne and Bernard Traimond in "The Sartre/ Lévi-Strauss Polemic Revisited: At the Roots of Today's Social Sciences," published in Les Temps Modernes 596 (Nov-Dec 1997). Firstly, the author reminds us of the relative nature of the opposition between "cold societies" and "hot societies". This is followed by a challenge to the thesis that Maurice Merleau-Ponty made a veiled attack on his work under the guise of a tribute. Finally, the author recognizes the distance between current anthropology and his own positions and - without pronouncing on the value of this development - admits to the resurgence of Sartrean-inspired themes among contemporary anthropologists.