The author takes up issues central to modern anthropology. In so doing he raises doubts about any simple "us / them" dichotomy between Westerners and Pacific Islanders, challenging the preoccupation of anthropology with cultural differences by stressing the shared history of col…
The author takes up issues central to modern anthropology. In so doing he raises doubts about any simple "us / them" dichotomy between Westerners and Pacific Islanders, challenging the preoccupation of anthropology with cultural differences by stressing the shared history of col…
"The first part devoted to theory, and the second to fieldwork in Africa, this collection of essays on economic anthropology by nine French Marxists is concerned essentially with the investigation and analysis of precapitalist social and economic formations, through the modes of…
"The first part devoted to theory, and the second to fieldwork in Africa, this collection of essays on economic anthropology by nine French Marxists is concerned essentially with the investigation and analysis of precapitalist social and economic formations, through the modes of…
"No human now gathers for himself or herself the essential resources for life: food, shelter, clothing, and the like. Humans are obligate co-operator, and this has been true for tens of thousands of years; probably much longer. In this regard, humans are very unusual. Cooperatio…
"No human now gathers for himself or herself the essential resources for life: food, shelter, clothing, and the like. Humans are obligate co-operator, and this has been true for tens of thousands of years; probably much longer. In this regard, humans are very unusual. Cooperatio…
