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3:50pm March 20, 2012
atlanticbullot: “Just about any undergraduate anthropology course is likely to begin with a ritual denunciation of early anthropology as a colonialist project, implying that anything written before, say, 1970 was hopelessly corrupted by its entanglement in racism, imperialism, and genocide. It’s always said in such a way so as imply that obviously, this is no longer the case. This excellent, timely, and beautifully researched work demonstrates just how wrong and self-serving this standard account really is. Anthropology was always a field of political struggle between servants and opponents of imperialism and it still is - with much of our funding, employment, and research direction still coming directly from the CIA and US military. No one genuinely concerned with the integrity of the discipline can afford to ignore this important book.”  –DAVID GRAEBER Goldsmiths, University of London. Author of Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology I’d noticed that, but didn’t know there were books on it. And I’d long since discovered how defensive anthropologists (and many students) are about this.

atlanticbullot:

“Just about any undergraduate anthropology course is likely to begin with a ritual denunciation of early anthropology as a colonialist project, implying that anything written before, say, 1970 was hopelessly corrupted by its entanglement in racism, imperialism, and genocide. It’s always said in such a way so as imply that obviously, this is no longer the case. This excellent, timely, and beautifully researched work demonstrates just how wrong and self-serving this standard account really is. Anthropology was always a field of political struggle between servants and opponents of imperialism and it still is - with much of our funding, employment, and research direction still coming directly from the CIA and US military. No one genuinely concerned with the integrity of the discipline can afford to ignore this important book.” 

–DAVID GRAEBER Goldsmiths, University of London. Author of Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology

I’d noticed that, but didn’t know there were books on it. And I’d long since discovered how defensive anthropologists (and many students) are about this.

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    Oh Goldsmiths….
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    Reading this book (last minute) for a Senior Seminar Anthropology class. A must read if you are into Anthropology and...
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    MUST READ, NOW.
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    Agreed. I need to read this book.
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    interesting..