Marxism and Anthropology: The History of a Relationship / Edition 1

by Maurice Bloch

Overview

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.
First published in 1983.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415330619
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/26/2004
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 1. Anthropology and the Work of Marx and Engels; Chapter 2 Marx and Engels on Anthropology; Chapter 3 The Present-Day Standing of Marx's and Engels' Anthropology; Chapter 4 The Direct Successors to Marx and Engels; Chapter 5 Marxism and American Anthropology; Chapter 6 Marxism and British and French Anthropology;