History, power, ideology : central issues in Marxism and anthropology /
Donald L. Donham.
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1999.
- 1 online resource (xix, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index.
Homo economicus: A Maale mystery -- Epochal structures I: Reconstructing historical materialism -- Epochal structures II: An anatomy of Maale production -- History at one point in time: "Working together" in Bola, 1975 -- Appendix: Predicting the past from the future.
Is Marxism a reflection of the conceptual system it fights against, rather than a truly comprehensive approach to human history? This work confronts this problem in analyzing a radically different social order: the former Maale kingdom of southern Ethiopia.
English.
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Male (African people)--Politics and government. Male (African people)--Economic conditions. Male (African people)--Social conditions. Marxist anthropology--Ethiopia. Marxian economics--Ethiopia. Communism--Ethiopia. Maale (Peuple d'Afrique)--Politique et gouvernement. Maale (Peuple d'Afrique)--Conditions �economiques. Maale (Peuplej d'Afrique)--Conditions sociales. Anthropologie marxiste--�Ethiopie. �Economie marxiste--�Ethiopie. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture. Communism. Economic history. Male (African people)--Economic conditions. Marxian economics. Marxist anthropology. Politics and government. History & Archaeology. Regions & Countries - Africa.
Ethiopia--Politics and government. Ethiopia--Economic conditions. �Ethiopie--Politique et gouvernement. �Ethiopie--Conditions �economiques. Ethiopia.