Marshall Sahlins

(1930–2021) Anthropologist

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Marshall Sahlins was an anthropologist, best known for Stone age economics.

Quick Facts About Marshall Sahlins

Born: December 27, 1930
Died: April 5, 2021
Profession: Anthropologist
Notable works: Stone age economics

About Marshall Sahlins

Marshall David Sahlins was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory. He was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Marshall Sahlins

“We are inclined to think of hunters and gatherers as poor because they don't have anything; perhaps better to think of them…

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The world's most 'primitive' people have few possessions, but they are not poor. Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods,…

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One-third to one-half of humanity are said to go to bed hungry every night. In the Old Stone Age the fraction must…

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Beyond Bookchin”, David Watson, of Fifth Estate, argues that aboriginal society represents a viable Utopia. He quotes favourably the anthropologist Marshall Sahlins;…

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