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Marxism and anthropology: the history of a relationship

By Maurice Bloch

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1983
ISBN
0415330610, 9780415330619, 0415611601, 9780415611602, 1136548939, 9781136548932
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9183606 bytes)
Series
Routledge library editions; Anthropology and ethnography
Pages
180\191
Time added
2018-04-03 07:21:09

Description

This book examines the uses made of anthropology by Marx and Engels, and the uses made of Marxism by anthropologists. Looking at the writings of Marx and Engels on primitive societies, the book evaluates their views in the light of present knowledge and draws attention to inconsistencies in their analysis of pre-capitalist societies. These inconsistencies can be traced to the influence of contemporary anthropologists who regarded primitive societies as classless. As Marxist theory was built around the idea of class, without this concept the conventional Marxist analysis foundered.

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