Socialism

Ideals, Ideologies, and Local Practice

C. M. Hann

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2003
• Print ISBN:
  9781138178281
• eBook ISBN:
  9781134889389
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Anthropology
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Socialism as a political system may be on the wane, yet no one can doubt that its cultural legacies will make themselves felt for years to come, and on a worldwide scale. The contributors to this volume adopt a variety of anthropological approaches to illuminate changes which have removed socialists from power in many countries. Presenting detailed ethnographic accounts across a wide range of countries, they bring out the factors which have given socialism such a profound worldwide impact, including a substantial impact upon the discipline of anthropology itself. The first sustained and wide-ranging investigation of socialism by social anthropologists, this volume will enable readers to understand better how socialism has been experienced by millions of people and thereby to now better understand how they may cope with post-socialist dilemmas.

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• CONTRIBUTORS
• EDITOR’S PREFACE
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIALISM
• CHAPTER 1: PRIMITIVE COMMUNISM AND MUTUAL AID KROPOTKIN VISITS THE BUSHMEN
• CHAPTER 2: THE ANARCHY AND COLLECTIVISM OF THE ‘PRIMITIVE OTHER’ MARX AND SAHLINS IN THE AMAZON
• CHAPTER 3: THE CONSTRUCT OF ‘AFRICA’ IN ‘AFRICAN SOCIALISM’
• CHAPTER 4: SOCIALISM FROM ABOVE IN TANZANIA THE VIEW FROM BELOW
• CHAPTER 5: PARTY, BUREAUCRACY, AND GRASSROOTS INITIATIVES IN A SOCIALIST STATE: THE CASE OF SUNGUSUNGU VILLAGE VIGILANTES IN TANZANIA
• CHAPTER 6: AMBIGUITIES AND CONTRADICTIONS IN THE POLITICAL MANAGEMENT OF CULTURE IN ZIMBABWE’S REVERSED TRANSITION TO SOCIALISM
• CHAPTER 7: ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE POLITICS OF SOCIALISM IN RURAL SRI LANKA
• CHAPTER 8: BUDDHISM AND ECONOMIC ACTION IN SOCIALIST LAOS
• CHAPTER 9: THE DOMESTICATION OF RELIGION UNDER SOVIET COMMUNISM
• CHAPTER 10: SOCIALISM AND THE CHINESE PEASANT
• CHAPTER 11: ETHNIC RELATIONS, ECONOMIES OF SHORTAGE, AND THE TRANSITION IN EASTERN EUROPE
• CHAPTER 12: GYPSIES, THE WORK ETHIC, AND HUNGARIAN SOCIALISM
• CHAPTER 13: THE END OF SOCIALISM IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
• CHAPTER 14: ‘SOCIALISM IS DEAD’ AND VERY MUCH ALIVE IN SLOVAKIA: POLITICAL INERTIA IN A TATRA VILLAGE
• CHAPTER 15: ‘THE COWS AND PIGS ARE HIS, THE EGGS ARE MINE’: WOMEN’S DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY IN RURAL POLAND
• CHAPTER 16: ‘WORKING CLASS’ VERSUS ‘ORDINARY PEOPLE’: CONTESTED IDEAS OF LOCAL SOCIALISM IN ENGLAND