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1	Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom more books like this by Marshall David Sahlins add to wishlist Hawaiian culture as it met foreign traders and settlers is the context for Sahlins's structuralist methodology of historical interpretation see all copies from $5.36! new only from $16.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Culture and practical reason more books like this by Marshall David Sahlins add to wishlist "The main thrust of this book is to deliver a major critique of materialist and rationalist explanations of social and cultural forms, but the in the process Sahlins has given us a much stronger statement of the centrality of symbols in human affairs than have many of our 'practicing' symbolic anthropologists. He demonstrates that symbols enter ... see all copies from $5.25! new only from $11.84!
3	Tribesmen more books like this by Marshall D Sahlins add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS
4	Evolution and Culture more books like this by Marshall David Sahlins (Editor), Elman Rogers Service, Thomas G. Harding add to wishlist A unified interpretation of the evolution of species, humanity, and society see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.99! \| first editions
5	Stone age economics more books like this by Marshall D Sahlins add to wishlist Stoneage Economics is a classic of economic anthropology, ambitiously tackling the nature of economic life and how to study it comparatively. This collection of six influential essays is one of Marshall Sahlins' most influential and enduring works, claiming that stone age economies formed the original affluent society. The book examines notions of ... see all copies from $12.95! new only from $31.49! \| SVS
6	The Western Illusion of Human Nature: With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and Comparative Notes on Other Conceptions of the Human Condition more books like this by Marshall Sahlins add to wishlist Reflecting the decline in college courses on Western Civilization, Marshall Sahlins aims to accelerate the trend by reducing "Western Civ" to about two hours. He cites Nietzsche to the effect that deep issues are like cold baths; one should get into and out of them as quickly as possible. The deep issue here is the ancient Western specter of a ... see all copies from $9.94! new only from $9.94! \| SVS
7	How "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, for Example more books like this by Marshall Sahlins add to wishlist When Western scholars write about non-Western societies, do they inevitably perpetuate the myths of European imperialism? Can they ever articulate the meanings and logics of non-Western peoples? Who has the right to speak for whom? Questions such as these are debated in this text. Marshall Sahlins addresses these issues head on, while building a ... see all copies from $4.13! new only from $22.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Magical Arrows: The Maori, the Greeks, and the Folklore of the Universe more books like this by Gregory Schrempp, Marshall D Sahlins (Designer) add to wishlist An exploration of cosmology, connecting the Western philosophical tradition with the cosmological traditions of non-Western societies. Using the mythology and philosophy of the Maori as a counterpoint, it finds a philosophical common denominator in the thought of Zeno of Elea. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $14.06! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Culture in Practice: Selected Essays more books like this by Marshall David Sahlins add to wishlist Essays that span the career of a prominent anthropologist and address the fundamental questions of the field. Culture in Practice collects the academic and political writings from the 1960s through the 1990s of anthropologist Marshall Sahlins. More than a compilation, Culture in Practice unfolds as an intellectual autobiography. The book opens ... see all copies from $10.12! new only from $18.85! \| SVS
10	Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Volume 2: The Archaeology of History more books like this by Mr. Patrick V Kirch, Marshall Sahlins add to wishlist From the late 1700's, Hawaiian society began to change rapidly as it responded to the growing world system of capital whose trade routs and markets criss-crossed the islands. Reflecting many years of collaboration between Marshall Sahlins, a prominent social anthropologist, and Patrick V. Kirch, a leading archaeologist of Oceania, "Anahulu" seeks ... see all copies from $28.16! new only from $30.94! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Islands of history more books like this by Marshall Sahlins add to wishlist Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands--Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand--whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $12.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Volume 1: Historical Ethnography more books like this by Mr. Patrick V Kirch, Marshall Sahlins add to wishlist From the late 1700s, Hawaiian society began to change rapidly as it responded to the growing world system of capital whose trade routes and markets criss-crossed the islands. Reflecting many years of collaboration between Marshall Sahlins, a prominent social anthropologist, and Patrick V. Kirch, a leading archaeologist of Oceania, "Anahulu" seeks ... see all copies from $19.99! new only from $19.99! \| SVS
13 view cover	Apologies to Thucydides: Understanding History as Culture and Vice Versa more books like this by Marshall David Sahlins add to wishlist Thucydides' classic work on the history of the Peloponnesian War is the root of Western conceptions of history--including the idea that Western history is the foundation of everyone else's. Here, Marshall Sahlins takes on Thucydides and the conceptions of history he wrought with a groundbreaking new book that shows what a difference an ... see all copies from $17.95! new only from $23.34!
14 view cover	Waiting for Foucault, Still more books like this by Marshall David Sahlins add to wishlist First devised as after-dinner entertainment at a decennial meeting of the Association of Social Anthropologists in Great Britain, and first published by Prickly Pears Press in 1993, this expanded edition of "Waiting for Foucault" represents some of the brightest anthropological satire - mixed in with some of the most serious intellectual issues in ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $12.94! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, Volume 27 more books like this by Ruth Reichl, James Q Wilson, Marshall Sahlins add to wishlist The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, founded July 1, 1978, at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, was established by the American scholar, industrialist, and philanthropist Obert Clark Tanner. Lectureships are awarded to outstanding scholars or leaders in broadly defined fields of human values, and transcend ethnic, national, religious, or ... see all copies from $29.99! new only from $38.14! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Social Stratification in Polynesia more books like this by Marshall D Sahlins add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! new only from $54.90! \| first editions
17	Tribesman by Marshall D. Sahlins add to wishlist see all copies from $6.71!
18	Moala; culture and nature on a Fijian island. more books like this by Marshall David Sahlins add to wishlist see all copies from $14.50! first editions
19	Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Volume 1: Historical Ethnography more books like this by Marshall Sahlins, Patrick V Kirch add to wishlist From the late 1700s, Hawaiian society began to change rapidly as it responded to the growing world system of capital whose trade routes and markets crisscrossed the islands. Reflecting many years of collaboration between Marshall Sahlins, a prominent social anthropologist, and Patrick V. Kirch, a leading archaeologist of Oceania, _Anahulu_ seeks ... see all copies from $75.00!
20	Islas de Historia by Marshall D. Sahlins add to wishlist see all copies from $47.44! new only from $47.44!
21	Cultura y Razon Practica more books like this by Marshall D. Sahlins add to wishlist see all copies from $56.36! new only from $56.36!
22 view cover	The Use and Abuse of Biology: An Anthropological Critique of Sociobiology more books like this by Marshall David Sahlins add to wishlist A criticism of sociobiology by one of the world's foremost anthropologists see all copies from $4.75! new only from $12.50!
23	Les Lumiëres En Anthropologie by Marshall Sahlins add to wishlist see all copies from $45.99! new only from $45.99!
24	Kultur Und Praktische Vernunft by Marshall Sahlins add to wishlist see all copies from $73.33!

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