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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marshall David Sahlins |
| ISBN: | 094229937X 9780942299373 0942299388 9780942299380 |
| OCLC Number: | 40632538 |
| Description: | 646 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Pt. 1: Culture. African nemesis: an off-Broadway review (1964) ; Poor man, rich man, chief: political types in Melanesia and Polynesia (1963) ; The original affluent society (1972) ; Colors and cultures (1976) ; La Pensée bourgeoise: western society as culture (1976) -- Pt. 2: Practice. The future of the national teach-in: a history (1965) ; The peace offensive and the Ky regime (1966) ; The destruction of conscience in Vietnam (1966) ; The established order: do not fold, spindle, or mutilate -- Pt. 3: Culture in practice. Individual experience and cultural order (1982) ; The return of the event, again (1991) ; The discovery of the true savage (1994) ; Cosmologies of capitalism: the trans-Pacific sector of "The world system" (1988) ; Goodbye to Tristes Tropes: ethnography in the context of modern world history (1993) ; What is anthropological enlightenment? Some lessons of the twentieth century (1999) ; The sadness of sweetness; or, The native anthropology of western cosmology (1996). |
| Responsibility: | Marshall Sahlins. |
Table of Contents:
Introduction 9
PART ONE CULTURE
Introuduction to Part One 35
I African Nemesis: An Off-Broadway Review (1964) 43
II Poor man, Rich Man, Big-man, Chief:Political Tupes in Melanesia and Polynesia (1963) 71
III The Original Affluent Sociey (1972) 95
IV Colors and Cultures (1976) 139
V La Pensee Bourgeoise: Western Society as Culture (1976) 163
PART TWO PRACTICE
Introduction to Part Two 205
VI The Future of the National Teach-In: A History (1965) 209
VII The Peace Offensive and the Ky Regime (1966) 219
VIII The Destruction of Conscience in Vietnam (1966) 229
IX The Established Order: Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1967) 261
PART THREE CULTURE IN PRACTICE
Introduction to Part Three 271
X Individual Experience and Cultural Order (1982) 277
XI The Return of the Event, Again (1991) 293
XII Cosmologies of Capitalism: The Trans-Pacific Sector of "The World System" (1988) 415
XIV Goodbye to Tristes Tropes: Ethnography in the Context of Modern World History (1993) 501
XVI The Sadness of Sweetness; or, The Native Anthropology of Western Cosmology (1996) 527
Bibliography 585
Index 629
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