Description |
xvi, 204 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-198) and index. |
Contents |
1. Marx's legacy -- Marx's method -- Marx's theory of society and history -- Marx's ecology -- 2. V. Gordon Childe and the opening dialogue -- "Mutual disregard" and critique -- Childe's engagement with Marxist and liberal social theory -- Early postwar responses to Childe -- 3. Disregard, engagement, and dialogue, 1945-1980 -- Cautious disregard: eras of sociocultural evolution -- Disengagement: the new archaeology, adaptation, and exchange -- Engagement: symbiosis, exchange, population, and warfare -- Dialogue: the urban revolution revisited -- 4. Theoretical ferment and dialogue, 1975-1990 -- An explicitly Marxist archaeology: critiques and debates -- Crosstalk: cultural materialism and processual archaeology -- Arenas of discussion: chiefdoms and state formation -- 5. Convergence and dialogue after 1990 -- Discussion and critique I: historic specificity, politics, and state structures -- Discussion and critique II: heterarchy and transformation -- Discussion and critique III: exchange, influence, Diaspora, and world systems. |
Subject |
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 -- Influence.
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Childe, V. Gordon (Vere Gordon), 1892-1957.
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Marxian archaeology.
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Archaeology -- Philosophy.
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ISBN |
1859737064 (Paper) |
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1859737013 (Cloth) |
Standard No. |
UKM bA3X6652 |
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