Book contents
- History and Theory in Anthropology
- History and Theory in Anthropology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Visions of Anthropology
- 2 Precursors of the Anthropological Tradition
- 3 Changing Perspectives on Evolution
- 4 Diffusionist and Culture-Area Theories
- 5 Functionalism and Structural-Functionalism
- 6 Action and Process
- 7 Marxist Perspectives
- 8 From Relativism to Cognitive Science
- 9 Structuralism, from Linguistics to Anthropology
- 10 Poststructuralists and Feminists
- 11 Mavericks
- 12 Interpretive Approaches
- 13 Postmodernism and Its Aftermath
- 14 Conclusions
- Book part
- References
- Index
7 - Marxist Perspectives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2021
- History and Theory in Anthropology
- History and Theory in Anthropology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Visions of Anthropology
- 2 Precursors of the Anthropological Tradition
- 3 Changing Perspectives on Evolution
- 4 Diffusionist and Culture-Area Theories
- 5 Functionalism and Structural-Functionalism
- 6 Action and Process
- 7 Marxist Perspectives
- 8 From Relativism to Cognitive Science
- 9 Structuralism, from Linguistics to Anthropology
- 10 Poststructuralists and Feminists
- 11 Mavericks
- 12 Interpretive Approaches
- 13 Postmodernism and Its Aftermath
- 14 Conclusions
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
Marxist perspectives came to hold much interest from the 1970s, and indeed into the late twentieth century. Two important schools of Marxism were the structural Marxism of Godelier and the ‘land and labour’ Marxism of Meillassoux. Both were decidedly French in inspiration. At the end of the twentieth century there was a new challenge, from anarchism, but this challenge did not particularly materialize.
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- History and Theory in Anthropology , pp. 95 - 102Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021