Karl Marx, anthropologist / Thomas C. Patterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, Thomas C. (Thomas Carl), 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Anthropologists--Germany--Biography.

Anthropologists.

Anthropology--History.

Anthropology.

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After being widely rejected in the late 20th century the work of Karl Marx is now being reassessed by many theorists and activists. Karl Marx, Anthropologist explores how this most influential of modern thinkers is still highly relevant for Anthropology today. Marx was profoundly influenced by critical Enlightenment thought. He believed that humans were social individuals that simultaneously satisfied and forged their needs in the contexts of historically particular social relations and created cultures. Marx continually refined the empirical, philosophical, and practical dimensions of his anthropology throughout his lifetime.Assessing key concepts, from the differences between class-based and classless societies to the roles of exploitation, alienation and domination in the making of social individuals, Karl Marx, Anthropologist is an essential guide to Marx's anthropological thought for the 21st century.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chronology; Introduction; -1-The Enlightenment and Anthropology; -2-Marx's Anthropology; -3-Human Natural Beings; - 4-History, Culture, and Social Formation; -5-Capitalism and the Anthropology of theModern World; -6-Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"First published 2009 by Berg Publishers."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

93-86349-44-2

1-00-308579-2

1-000-19017-X

1-000-18354-8

1-003-08579-2

1-4742-1504-1

1-282-28615-3

9786612286155

1-84788-542-X

9781003085799

OCLC:

608624537