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C::;' Ro;:, ~ u..... t~ le~ d"" to.o ge >--4 L."" ib~ ~ rat' ry i:J;.l E~ di..... t."" io;:, lI:: lS'-> ~M<A~R~X~IS~M <AzNDQ <AZ NG~ Tl: H~ RO O~ POGHL8OG~ Y G -< AZ Ntoo< T:r: H~ R0 OPp., 0 OL.....l 0 Ou G:>-< Y-< Az NQ D ~ Etoo< T:r: Hz N0 OU G~ R-< APp., :r: H:>-< Y Routledge Library Editions Anthropology and Ethnography THEORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY In 10 Volumes I Political Systems and the Distribution of Power Banton II Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology Bloch III Marxism and Anthropology Bloch IV The Observation of Savage Peoples Degerando V Primitive Law Past and Present Diamond VI Anthropology and the Greeks Humphreys VII Theory in Anthropology Manners & Kaplan VIII The Theory of Social Structure Nadel IX Readings in Early Anthropology Slotkin X Classification and Human Evolution Washburn MARXISM AND ANTHROPOLOGY The History of a Relationship MAURICE BLOCH First published in 1983 Reprinted in 2004 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE J?olltledge is an imprillt of the Taylor & Fra1lcis Group Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPl Antony Rowe, Eastbourne © 1983 Maurice Bloch All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any torm or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including phorocopying and recording, or in any intormation storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. The publishers have made every effort to contact authors/copyright holders of the works reprinted in J?ol{tledge Library Editions - Anthro/lOlogy and Ethnography. This has not been possible in every case, however, and we would welcome correspondence from those individuals/companies we have been unable to trace. These reprints are taken from original copies of each book. In many cases the condition of these originals is not perfect. The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of these reprints, but wishes to point out that certain characteristics of the original copies will, of necessity, be apparent in reprints thereof British Library Catctiogllillg in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record tor this book is available from the British Library Marxism and Anthropology ISBN 0-415-33061-0 Miniset: Theory of Anthropology Series: Routledge Library Editions - Anthropology and Ethnography ~Marx.ism an-d «~CO ~ -en E COc c Anc:::t-:5.~ hr10.. 0 oC.pOro-alo0 g6;.~ y.. : TheC Hist0 oC!-ryo ofo a:: RCD elation~ s:E hia. p MAURICE BLOCH Clarendon Press·o O>< x] ford 1983 Oxford University Press. Walton Street. Oxford OK2 6DP London Glasgow New York'Ibronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Kuala Lumpur Singapore Hong Kong 'Ibkyo Nairobi Dar es Salaam Cape 'Ibwn Melbourne Auckland ond associates in Beirut Berlin Ibadan Mexico City Nicosia Published in the United Stotes by Oxford University Press. New York © Maurice Bloch 1983 AU rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced. stored in a retrieval system. or transmitted. in any form or by any means. electronic. mechanical. photocopying. recording. or otherwise. without the prior permission of Oxford University Press British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Bloch. Maurice Marxism and anthropology. -(Marxist introduction) 1. Anthropology I. Title II. Series 301 GN25 ISBN 0-19-876091-4 '1Ypeset by Cotswold 'JYpesetting Ltd. • Cheltenham. Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPt Antony Rowe, Eastbourne Preface Marxism has recently become for anthropologists a new source of obscurity as a result of recent work which is difficult and bar barously phrased. On the other hand anthropological topics, which have always had a major place in Marxism, are often just as difficult as Marxist writings to understand and evaluate for those with a more general interest. Neither of these problems seems unsurmountable, and it is the purpose of this book to explain the history of the developing relationship between Marxism and anthropology, in a way which the non-specialist should find accessible, as well as to contribute something to ongoing debates. Any technical term used here, whether" from Marxism or anth ropology, is explained in the body of the text, and the index will enable the reader to refer back to these explanations. Because this book is part of a series, I have concentrated mainly on those topics which principally concern pre-capitalist and pre feudal societies. It does not seem to me that a reader principally interested in capitalism, or imperialism, or the theories of such Marxist writers as Althusser or Gramsci would turn to a book such as this, and so I have kept discussion of these topics to a minimum. I would like to thank the following for valuable comments on a part or the whole of an earlier draft: S. Day, A. Gell, E. Gellner, P. Loizos, J. Parry, A. Papataxiarchis, and S. Roberts. M.B. v This page intentionally left blank Contents 1. Anthropology and the Work of Marx and Engels 1 2. Marx and Engels on Anthropology 21 3. The Present-Day Standing of Marx's and Engels's Anthropology 63 4. The Direct Successors to Marx and Engels 95 5. Marxism and American Anthropology 124 6. Marxism and British and French Anthropology 141 Bibliography 173 Index 177 vii
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