Envisioning Power: Ideologies of Dominance and Crisis

by Eric R. Wolf

Book Overview

With the originality and energy that have marked his earlier works, Eric Wolf now explores the historical relationship of ideas, power, and culture. Responding to anthropology's long reliance on a concept of culture that takes little account of power, Wolf argues that power is crucial in shaping the circumstances of cultural production. Responding to social-science notions of ideology that incorporate power but disregard the ways ideas respond to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520215826
• ISBN13: 9780520215825
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"