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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, | * Colonialism is, as Ryan says, “a system of racial governance.” It creates a rigidly stratified society in which a colonizing stratum dominates a subordinate, | ||
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===== Encountering Fiji: History Etched in Everyday Life ===== | ===== Encountering Fiji: History Etched in Everyday Life ===== |
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