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2700:2025:3 [2025/03/09 19:59] – [Homo duplex and its discontents] Ryan Schram (admin)2700:2025:3 [2025/03/09 20:03] (current) – [Anthropology should take place in the world(-system)] Ryan Schram (admin)
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 ===== Anthropology should take place in the world(-system) ===== ===== Anthropology should take place in the world(-system) =====
  
-**Immanuel Wallerstein (1974) theorizes what he calls the capitalist world-system.**+### Immanuel Wallerstein (1974) theorizes what he calls the capitalist world-system.
  
   * The global system of capitalism is based on a network of unequal exchanges between core and periphery.   * The global system of capitalism is based on a network of unequal exchanges between core and periphery.
   * The origins of the unequal exchange between core and periphery begin in the era of European expansion.   * The origins of the unequal exchange between core and periphery begin in the era of European expansion.
  
-**Wolf applies Wallerstein’s framework, concluding that:**+### Wolf applies Wallerstein’s framework, concluding that: 
  
   * all societies are products of historical changes. They are never static.   * all societies are products of historical changes. They are never static.
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 You may have heard about dialectic change as a three-step process. This is a simplification that can be a little misleading since it emphasizes distinct stages over flux itself (Mueller 1958). You may have heard about dialectic change as a three-step process. This is a simplification that can be a little misleading since it emphasizes distinct stages over flux itself (Mueller 1958).
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 ===== Dialectic processes in society at large ===== ===== Dialectic processes in society at large =====
  
-**Private property contains its own opposite.**+### Private property contains its own opposite.
  
   * If I own something, it means you don’t.   * If I own something, it means you don’t.
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   * A society based on owners of capital and nonowners of that same capital is a society of two interdependent classes at war with each other.   * A society based on owners of capital and nonowners of that same capital is a society of two interdependent classes at war with each other.
  
-**Colonialism contains its own opposite**+### Colonialism contains its own opposite.
  
   * Colonization is the process by which one society expands into a new territory by setting up a new settlement.   * Colonization is the process by which one society expands into a new territory by setting up a new settlement.
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   * Colonialism is, then, two contradictory realities at once, and it is neither of them.   * Colonialism is, then, two contradictory realities at once, and it is neither of them.
     * Colonialism is, as Ryan says, “a system of racial governance.” It creates a rigidly stratified society in which a colonizing stratum dominates a subordinate, colonized stratum.     * Colonialism is, as Ryan says, “a system of racial governance.” It creates a rigidly stratified society in which a colonizing stratum dominates a subordinate, colonized stratum.
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 ===== Encountering Fiji: History Etched in Everyday Life ===== ===== Encountering Fiji: History Etched in Everyday Life =====
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