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

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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

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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

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