Comments on: Anthropological Ancestors http://savageminds.org/2009/04/28/anthropological-ancestors/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Sat, 26 May 2012 03:33:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joanna Kirkpatrick http://savageminds.org/2009/04/28/anthropological-ancestors/comment-page-1/#comment-598942 Joanna Kirkpatrick Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:36:14 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1899#comment-598942 One great one Macfarlane wasn't able to film was Karl Marx. Berg's out with a new book, _Karl Marx, Anthropologist_, by Thomas C. Patterson. http://www.bergpublishers.com/?TabId=4901&v=1625957 From the pub.'s blurb: 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. About the author Tom Patterson is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of California at Riverside. He is author of many publications including Marx's Ghost: Conversations with Archaeologists (2003) and A Social History of Anthropology in the United States (2001). One great one Macfarlane wasn’t able to film was Karl Marx. Berg’s out with a new book, _Karl Marx, Anthropologist_, by Thomas C. Patterson.

http://www.bergpublishers.com/?TabId=4901&v=1625957

From the pub.’s blurb:
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.

About the author

Tom Patterson is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of California at Riverside. He is author of many publications including Marx’s Ghost: Conversations with Archaeologists (2003) and A Social History of Anthropology in the United States (2001).

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]]> By: geoffrem http://savageminds.org/2009/04/28/anthropological-ancestors/comment-page-1/#comment-598656 geoffrem Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:25:23 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1899#comment-598656 A wonderful collection, if only they weren't so large (the ones I've downloaded are around 400mb). To remedy this, some of the interviews (along with other related videos) have been uploaded onto Alan Macfarlane's youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ayabaya A wonderful collection, if only they weren’t so large (the ones I’ve downloaded are around 400mb). To remedy this, some of the interviews (along with other related videos) have been uploaded onto Alan Macfarlane’s youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ayabaya

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