Maurice Godelier

Community, Society, Culture

Three keys for understanding identities in conflict

What makes society? It is neither family ties nor economic relationships, but rather politico-religious connections (initiation rites, institutions, values, etc.). Analysing these connections is crucial for an understanding of identities in conflict…identities that are reasserted and claimed more than ever in the globalised capitalist economy. To better grasp the current high stakes situation of our globalised and fractured world, anthropology is all the more useful and instructive.

  • Maurice Godelier

    A world-renowned anthropologist, CNRS gold medalist, and winner of the Alexander von Humboldt International Prize in Social Sciences, Maurice Godelier is the author, among other classics, of La Production des Grands Hommes (1982), Les Métamorphoses de la parenté (2004), and L'Interdit de l'inceste (2021).

  • ISBN: 9782271133694
  • Size: 12 x 17 cm
  • Pages: 64
  • List price: 6 €
  • Publication date: 14/01/2021
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