The Politics of Egalitarianism: Theory and Practice

Published by Berghahn Books 2006

The Politics of Egalitarianism

Theory and Practice

Edited by: Jacqueline Solway

Volume 14 in the series Methodology & History in Anthropology

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782388852

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About this book

The essays assembled in this book exemplify the way political anthropologists address a range of problems that deeply affect people throughout the world. The authors draw their inspiration from the work of Canadian anthropologist Richard B. Lee, and, like him, they are concerned with understanding and acting upon issues of “indigenous rights”; the impact of colonialism, postcolonial state formation, and neoliberalism on local communities and cultures; the process of culture change; what the history and politics of egalitarian societies reveal about issues of “human nature” or “social evolution”; and how peoples in southern Africa are affected by and responding to the most recent crisis in their midst, the spread of AIDS. The authors in this volume discuss the state of a range of contemporary debates in the field that in various ways extend the political, theoretical, and empirical issues that have animated Lee's work. In addition, the book provides readers with important contemporary Kalahari studies, as well as “classic” works on foraging societies.

Author / Editor information

Jacqueline Solway is associate professor of International Development Studies and Anthropology at Trent University.

Reviews

“Solway does an admirable job in her introduction, describing the three intellectual-cum-activist projects which underlie the collection… Its most significant contribution for those already familiar with the San literature lies in expanding the pool of recent analyses of San identity politics, and in documenting the rise and challenges facing the San-owned and San-oriented NGOs… [it] is also a good reference source for a broader readership seeing an overview of Lee's intellectual legacy and its trajectories.” • Anthropos

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Jacqueline Solway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: The Politics and Practices of Egalitarianism
1. All People Are (Not) Good Bruce G. Trigger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2. Community, State, and Questions of Social Evolution in Karl Marx’s Ethnological Notebooks Christine Ward Gailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3. Subtle Matters of Theory and Emphasis: Richard Lee and Controversies about Foraging Peoples Thomas C. Patterson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. “The Original Affluent Society”: Four Decades On Jacqueline Solway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
5. The Original Affluent Society Marshall Sahlins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
6. On the Politics of Being Jewish in a Multiracial State Karen Brodkin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Part II: The Kalahari Then and Now
7. The Lion/Bushman Relationship in Nyae Nyae in the 1950s: A Relationship Crafted in the Old Way Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
8. The Kalahari Peoples Fund: The Activist Legacy of the Harvard Kalahari Research Group Megan Biesele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
9. Land, Livestock, and Leadership among the Ju/’hoansi San of North-Western Botswana Robert K. Hitchcock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
10. Contemporary Bushman Art, Identity Politics, and the Primitivism Discourse Mathias Guenther Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
11. Class, Culture, and Recognition: San Farm Workers and Indigenous Identities Renée Sylvain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
12. The Other Side of Development: HIV/AIDS among Men and Women in Ju/’hoansi Villages Ida Susser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Part III: Richard Borshay Lee: An Appreciation
13. Richard B. Lee and Company: A Kalahari Chronicle, 1963–2000 Jacqueline Solway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
14. Richard B. Lee: The Politics, Art, and Science of Anthropology Christine Ward Gailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Richard Borshay Lee: Selected Bibliography Jacqueline Solway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 272
Keywords: Theory and Methodology; Medical Anthropology

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Published: March 1, 2006
ISBN: 9781782388852