Record Nr.

UNINA9910811554003321

Autore

Bloch Maurice

Titolo

Marxism and anthropology : the history of a relationship / / Maurice Bloch

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-54900-5

0-415-61160-1

1-315-01795-4

1-136-54893-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Theory of anthropology ; ; III

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Marxist anthropology

Anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1983 by Clarendon Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Marxism and Anthropology; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page ; Preface; Table of Contents; 1. Anthropology and the Work of Marx and Engels; 2. Marx and Engels on Anthropology; 3. The Present-Day Standing of Marx's and Engels's Anthropology; 4. The Direct Successors to Marx and Engels; 5. Marxism and American Anthropology; 6. Marxism and British and French Anthropology; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.<BR> First pu