History, Power, Ideology - Central Issues in Marxism and Anthropology

Informationen zum Autor Donald L. Donham is Professor of Anthropology at Emory University and author of Work and Power in Maale! Ethiopia (1994). Eric R. Wolf is author of Europe and the People without History (California! 1982). Klappentext This book combines anthropology and social theory and reflects on the uses and limits of neoclassical and Marxist analysis for anthropology . Zusammenfassung Is Marxism a reflection of the conceptual system it fights against, rather than a truly comprehensive approach to human history? Drawing on work in anthropology, history, and philosophy, this title confronts this problem in analyzing a radically different social order: the former Maale kingdom of southern Ethiopia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword  Preface to the 1999 edition Preface  Introduction  1. Homo economicus: A Maale mystery 2. Epochal structures I: Reconstructing historical materialism 3. Epochal structures II: An anatomy of Maale production 4. History at one point in time: "Working together" in Bola, 1975 Conclusion  Appendix: Predicting the past from the future Bibliography  Index

Product details

• Authors: Donald L. Donham, Donham Donald L.
• Assisted by: Eric R. Wolf (Foreword), Eric R. Wolf (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.1999
• EAN: 9780520213371
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21337-1
• No. of pages: 259
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Archaeology