基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1990 by Cambridge University Press. Drawing on recent work in anthropology, history, and philosophy, D. Donham confronts this problem in analyzing a radically different social order: the former Maale kingdom of southern Ethiopia.
Full 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 confronts this problem in analyzing a radically different social order: the former Maale kingdom of southern Ethiopia. "Every once in a while there appears a book that ...opens up new ways of inquiring into the ways of the world. Donald Donham has written such a book. The style is quiet and judicious, but the effect is stunning...In putting inherited partisan approaches to the test of explaining the realities of Maale society and culture, Donham enriches anthropology and imparts new vigor to the analytical Marxian traditions. "History, Power, Ideology" embodies a major accomplishment". (From the Foreword).
Contents
Foreword
Preface to the 1999 edition Preface
Introduction
1. Homo economicus: A Maale mystery
2. Epochal structures I: Reconstructing historical materialism
3. Epochal structures II: An anatomy of Maale production
4. History at one point in time: "Working together" in Bola, 1975
Conclusion
Appendix: Predicting the past from the future Bibliography
Index
