Claude Meillassoux
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Claude Meillassoux was a French
neo-Marxist economic anthropologist and Africanist.
Meillassoux, a student of Georges Balandier
, did fieldwork among the Guro (Gouro) of the Côte d'Ivoire
: his thesis was published in 1964. In the 1970s he criticised Marshall Sahlins
's use of the notion of "domestic mode of production". Meillassoux was throughout his life a politically committed critic of social injustice.
He is survived by his partner of many years, Corinne Belliard (an historian), a son Quentin (a philosopher), and a granddaughter Alma.
France
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neo-Marxist economic anthropologist and Africanist.
Meillassoux, a student of Georges Balandier
Georges Balandier
Georges Balandier is a French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist noted for his research in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, did fieldwork among the Guro (Gouro) of the Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...
: his thesis was published in 1964. In the 1970s he criticised Marshall Sahlins
Marshall Sahlins
Marshall David Sahlins is a prominent American anthropologist. He received both a Bachelors and Masters degree at the University of Michigan where he studied with Leslie White, and earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1954 where his main intellectual influences included Karl Polanyi and...
's use of the notion of "domestic mode of production". Meillassoux was throughout his life a politically committed critic of social injustice.
He is survived by his partner of many years, Corinne Belliard (an historian), a son Quentin (a philosopher), and a granddaughter Alma.
Books
- Femmes, greniers et capitaux (1975, Maspero; transl. as Maidens, Meal and Money: Capitalism and the Domestic Community)
- Anthropologie de l'esclavage: le ventre de fer et d'argent (1986; transl. 1991 as The Anthroplogy of Slavery: The Womb of Iron and Gold)
Articles
- "Essai d'interprétation du phénomène économique dans les sociétés traditionnelles d'autosubsistance", Cahiers d'études africainesCahiers d'Études africainesThe Cahiers d'Études africaines is an international and interdisciplinary academic journal covering topics in the social sciences as relating to Africa, the West Indies, and Black Africa. The journal publishes miscellaneous issues and essays covering recent trends in research and field theory and...
, 1960, 4: 38-67 - “From Reproduction to Production: A Marxist Approach to Economic Anthropology.” Economy and Society 1(1), 1974