Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology

by Maurice Bloch (Editor)

Reflecting the first evaluation among British and American anthropologists of the relevance of Marxist theory for their discipline, the studies in this volume cover a wide geographical and social spectrum ranging from rural Indonesia, Imperial China, Highland Burma and the Abron kingdom of Gyaman. A critical survey assesses the value of some key ideas of Marx and Engels to social anthropology and places in historical perspective the changing attitudes of social anthropologists to the Marxist tradition. Originally published in 1975. Contributors include: Maurice Godelier; Emanuel Terray, Joel Kahn, Stephan Feuchtwant, Jonathan Friedmann, Maurice Bloch and Raymond Firth.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

Reviews

[Roberto Yoed · Rating 1 out of 5]

Academic platitudes about marxist theory.

A true disappointment.