History, Power, Ideology: Central Issues in Marxism and Anthropology

History, Power, Ideology: Central Issues in Marxism and Anthropology
ISBN-10
0520920791
ISBN-13
9780520920798
Category
Social Science
Pages
259
Language
English
Published
1999-06-27
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Donald L. Donham

Description

Is Marxism a reflection of the conceptual system it fights against, rather than a truly comprehensive approach to human history? Drawing on recent work in anthropology, history, and philosophy, Donald Donham confronts this problem in analyzing a radically different social order: the former Maale kingdom of southern Ethiopia. "Every once in a while there appears a book that . . . opens up new ways of inquiring into the ways of the world. Donald Donham has written such a book. The style is quiet and judicious, but the effect is stunning. . . . In putting inherited partisan approaches to the test of explaining the realities of Maale society and culture, Donham enriches anthropology and imparts new vigor to the analytical Marxian traditions. History, Power, Ideology embodies a major accomplishment."—From the Foreword

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