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- catalog abstract ""Is Marxism a reflection of the conceptual system it fights against, rather than a truly comprehensive approach to human history? Drawing on recent work in anthropology, history, and philosophy, Donald Donham tackles this question by analyzing a radically different social order: the former Maale kingdom of southern Ethiopia." "Unlike capitalist societies, wherein inequality is organized by contracts between "free" individuals, in Maale powerful men were thought to "beget" others through control of biological fertility and material fortune. Donham scrutinizes this unusual system of domination in order to sharpen issues in social and cultural theory. He concludes that the interpretation of symbols and analysis of historical contingency should be crucial steps in any Marxist investigation. The result is a provocative and original re-reading of the Marxist tradition, and a spirited defense of its continued vitality and relevance."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11106322.
- catalog coverage "Ethiopia Economic conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Ethiopia Politics and government.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Is Marxism a reflection of the conceptual system it fights against, rather than a truly comprehensive approach to human history? Drawing on recent work in anthropology, history, and philosophy, Donald Donham tackles this question by analyzing a radically different social order: the former Maale kingdom of southern Ethiopia." "Unlike capitalist societies, wherein inequality is organized by contracts between "free" individuals, in Maale powerful men were thought to "beget" others through control of biological fertility and material fortune. Donham scrutinizes this unusual system of domination in order to sharpen issues in social and cultural theory. He concludes that the interpretation of symbols and analysis of historical contingency should be crucial steps in any Marxist investigation. The result is a provocative and original re-reading of the Marxist tradition, and a spirited defense of its continued vitality and relevance."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xix, 240 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520213378 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "Ethiopia Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Ethiopia Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Ethiopia.".
- catalog subject "306.3 21".
- catalog subject "Communism Ethiopia.".
- catalog subject "DT380.4.M32 D63 1999".
- catalog subject "Male (African people) Economic conditions.".
- catalog subject "Male (African people) Politics and government.".
- catalog subject "Male (African people) Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "Marxian economics Ethiopia.".
- catalog subject "Marxist anthropology Ethiopia.".
- catalog title "History, power, ideology : central issues in Marxism and anthropology / Donald L. Donham.".
- catalog type "text".