History, Power, Ideology: Central Issues in Marxism and Anthropology

by Donald L. Donham

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520213378
• ISBN13: 9780520213371
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"