Pathways of Power: Building an Anthropology of the Modern World

Pathways of Power: Building an Anthropology of the Modern World
ISBN-10
0520924878
ISBN-13
9780520924871
Category
Social Science
Pages
483
Language
English
Published
2001-01-03
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Eric R. Wolf

Description

This collection of twenty-eight essays by renowned anthropologist Eric R. Wolf is a legacy of some of his most original work, with an insightful foreword by Aram Yengoyan. Of the essays, six have never been published and two have not appeared in English until now. Shortly before his death, Wolf prepared introductions to each section and individual pieces, as well as an intellectual autobiography that introduces the collection as a whole. Sydel Silverman, who completed the editing of the book, says in her preface, "He wanted this selection of his writings over the past half-century to serve as part of the history of how anthropology brought the study of complex societies and world systems into its purview."

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