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History, Power, Ideology

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History, Power, Ideology

History, Power, Ideology

Central Issues in Marxism and Anthropology
Donald L. Donham
November 1990
Unavailable - out of print October 1999
Hardback
9780521346634
Out of Print
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    Does Marxism reflect uncritically the conceptual system it fights against, rather than a truly comprehensive approach to human history? Drawing on innovative work in anthropology, history and philosophy, Professor Donham confronts this problem in analyzing a radically different social order: the former Maale kingdom of southern Ethiopia. Unlike capitalism, where inequality is organized by contracts between 'free' individuals, powerful men in Maale were conceived as 'begetting' others through control of biological fertility and material fortune. The author scrutinizes this unusual system of domination in order to sharpen issues in social and cultural theory. He concludes that the interpretation of symbols and analysis of historical contingency should be crucial steps in any Marxist investigation. This unusual combination of social theory and ethnography will appeal to anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists.

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    November 1990
    Hardback
    9780521346634
    254 pages
    228 × 152 × 22 mm
    0.525kg
    34 b/w illus.
    Unavailable - out of print October 1999

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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Introduction
    • 1. Homo economicus: a Maale mystery
    • 2. Epochal structures I: reconstructing historical materialism
    • 3. Epochal structures II: an anatomy of Maale production
    • 4. History at one point in time: 'Working together' in Bola, 1975
    • Conclusion
    • Appendix: predicting the past from the future
    • Bibliography
    • Index.
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