Alain Testart (1945–2013)

An Evolutionist in the Land of the Anthropologists

Bibliographic Data

ID12673252
AuthorsChristophe Darmangeat (0000-0002-9666-5204, Université Paris Diderot, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume24
Issue1
Pages71-89
Publication date2016-04-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistorical Materialism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1465-4466 • E-ISSN: 1569-206X
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/1569206x-12341449
OpenAlexW2368581065
LanguageEN
References cited13

Alain Testart (1945–2013) was one of the major social anthropologists of his time. He left behind a considerable and original body of work dealing with social structures and their evolution which afforded keys to the reinterpretation of archaeological material. A one-time self-professed Marxist, he had abandoned this theoretical framework many years ago. Nevertheless, since they tackle questions that are crucial to those who want to understand the past in order to change the present, his writings are a precious source of information and of thought-provoking reasoning

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Evolutionism · Marxist philosophy · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Reinterpretation · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Language and cultural evolution · Law · Philosophy

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