{"id":63462,"date":"2022-09-07T05:54:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T10:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63462"},"modified":"2022-09-07T06:25:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T11:25:34","slug":"stone-age-economics-marshall-sahlins-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63462","title":{"rendered":"Stone Age Economics, Marshall Sahlins (1972)"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h3 id=\"title\" class=\"page_title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/blog\/reviews\/016\/index.shtml\"><em class=\"quote\">Stone Age Economics, <\/em>Marshall Sahlins (1972)<\/a><\/h3>\n<p id=\"subtitle\" class=\"page_subtitle\"><strong>Beginning as a presentation in 1966, what Sahlins challenged was the historic prejudice which dismissed the rights and value of \u2018undeveloped\u2019 societies and their \u2018state of nature\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<map name=\"icons\">\n<area tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto Facebook: \u2018Ramblinactivist\u2019 (opens in a new window)\" coords=\"0,0,29,29\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ramblinactivist\" target=\"_blank\" \/>\n<area tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto Twitter: \u2018Ramblinactivist\u2019 (opens in a new window)\" coords=\"30,1,59,29\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ramblinactivist\" target=\"_blank\" \/>\n<area tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto YouTube: \u2018Ramblinactivist\u2019 (opens in a new window)\" coords=\"60,1,89,29\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/ramblinactivist\" target=\"_blank\" \/>\n<area tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto Instagram: \u2018Ramblinactivist\u2019 (opens in a new window)\" coords=\"90,1,119,29\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ramblinactivist\/\" target=\"_blank\" \/>\n<area accesskey=\"R\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto Ramblinactivist\u2019s Blogs: \u2018Copyright and Open Licensing\u2019 \u2013 hotkey \u2018R\u2019\" coords=\"120,1,149,29\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/blogs\/copyright.shtml\" target=\"_top\" \/>\n<area accesskey=\"M\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto Ramblinactivist\u2019s Blogs: \u2018Contact Paul Mobbs\u2019 \u2013 hotkey \u2018M\u2019\" coords=\"150,1,179,29\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/blogs\/contact.shtml\" target=\"_top\" \/>\n<area accesskey=\"Q\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto Ramblinactivist\u2019s Blogs: \u2018The Metablog \u2013 Accessibility\u2019 \u2013 hotkey \u2018Q\u2019\" coords=\"180,1,208,29\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/blogs\/accessibility.shtml\" target=\"_top\" \/>\n<area accesskey=\"A\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto Free Range Activism Website: \u2018Main index\u2019 \u2013 hotkey \u2018A\u2019\" coords=\"209,1,210,2\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/index.shtml\" target=\"_top\" \/>\n<area accesskey=\"B\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto Ramblinactivist\u2019s Blogs: \u2018Core index\u2019 \u2013 hotkey \u2018B\u2019\" coords=\"209,3,210,4\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/blogs\/index.shtml\" target=\"_top\" \/>\n<area accesskey=\"C\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto Ramblinactivist\u2019s Blogs: \u2018The Metablog\u2019 \u2013 hotkey \u2018C\u2019\" coords=\"209,5,210,6\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/blog\/index.shtml\" target=\"_top\" \/>\n<area accesskey=\"D\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto Ramblinactivist\u2019s Blogs: \u2018Banburyshire Rambles\u2019 \u2013 hotkey \u2018D\u2019\" coords=\"209,7,210,8\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/rambles\/index.shtml\" target=\"_top\" \/>\n<area accesskey=\"E\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"goto Ramblinactivist\u2019s Blogs: \u2018Long Walks &amp; 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Use 'hotkey' and 'X' to jump to our list of instructions how to access the player from the keyboard.\"><audio id=\"audioplayer\" class=\"audio_player\" controls=\"controls\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p class=\"av_player_text\">Download podcast as an\u00a0<a title=\"click to download \u2018A Book in Five Minutes\u2019 Podcast No.16: \u2018Stone Age Economics\u2019, Marshall Sahlins, 1972 as an MP3 file\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/blog\/reviews\/016\/bifm-016-stone_age_economics.mp3\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a>\u00a0or an\u00a0<a title=\"click to download \u2018A Book in Five Minutes\u2019 Podcast No.16: \u2018Stone Age Economics\u2019, Marshall Sahlins, 1972 as an Ogg Vorbis file\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/blog\/reviews\/016\/bifm-016-stone_age_economics.ogg\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">Ogg Vorbis<\/a>\u00a0file.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p id=\"p01\" class=\"intro\">Given the various forms of public anguish about the \u2018cost of living crisis\u2019, I thought it would be a good time to do another three-part \u2018special\u2019 focussing on the nature of how we live our lives \u2013 both today, and in the distant past \u2013 to objectively question the basis of this \u2018modern\u2019 lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p02\" class=\"intro\">The first book is\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Wikipedia: \u2018Marshall Sahlins\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marshall_Sahlins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marshall Sahlins\u2019<\/a>,\u00a0<span class=\"quote\">\u2018Stone Age Economics\u2019<\/span> \u2013 published fifty years ago in 1972.<\/p>\n<section id=\"books\" class=\"textbox\">\n<figure id=\"img02\" class=\"image_none\"><\/figure>\n<h5 class=\"boxtitle\"><span class=\"quote\">\u2018Stone Age Economics\u2019<\/span>:<\/h5>\n<p><a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Abe Books: \u2018Stone Age Economics\u2019, Marshall Sahlins, first hardback edition, 1972 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.co.uk\/products\/isbn\/9780202010984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First hardback edition<\/a>, 1972. ISBN 9780-2020-1098-4.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Abe Books: \u2018Stone Age Economics\u2019, Marshall Sahlins, first paperback edition, 1972 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.co.uk\/products\/isbn\/9780202010991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First paperback edition<\/a>, 1972. ISBN 9780-2020-1099-1.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Abe Books: \u2018Stone Age Economics\u2019, Marshall Sahlins, Routledge revised paperback edition, 2017 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.co.uk\/products\/isbn\/9781138702615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Routledge revised paperback edition<\/a>, 2017. ISBN 9781-1387-0261-5.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Abe Books: \u2018Stone Age Economics\u2019, Marshall Sahlins, 1972 \u2013 free PDF of first edition (PDF file opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/files.libcom.org\/files\/Sahlins%20-%20Stone%20Age%20Economics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Free PDF<\/strong>\u00a0of first edition<\/a>, via Libcom.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Abe Books: \u2018Stone Age Economics\u2019, Marshall Sahlins, 1972 \u2013 free text\/PDF\/epub of first edition (opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/StoneAgeEconomics_201611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Free text\/PDF\/epub<\/strong>\u00a0of first edition<\/a>, via Internet Archive.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p id=\"p03\">Beginning with a presentation in 1966,\u00a0<a title=\"goto FRAW: \u2018Notes on The Original Affluent Society\u2019, Marshall Sahlins, 1966 (PDF file opens in a new window)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/blog\/reviews\/016\/sahlins_1966.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"quote\">\u2018Notes on The Original Affluent Society\u2019<\/span><\/a>, what Sahlins challenged was the historic prejudice which dismissed the rights and value of \u2018undeveloped\u2019 societies and their\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Wikipedia: \u2018State of nature\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_of_nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018state of nature\u2019<\/a>\u00a0(I will not use the word,\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Wikipedia: \u2018Primitivism\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Primitivism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018primitive\u2019<\/a>, in this context as that is even more politically loaded).<\/p>\n<p id=\"p04\">The idea of \u2018undeveloped\u2019 societies lacking economic legitimacy, and therefore supremacy over their lands and resources, had been evolved by figures such as\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Wikipedia: \u2018Thomas Hobbes\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Hobbes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hobbes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Wikipedia: \u2018John Locke\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Locke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Locke<\/a>\u00a0in the Seventeenth Century; and was the basis of the justification which permitted the\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Wikipedia: \u2018Settler_colonialism\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Settler_colonialism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expropriation of land<\/a>, and the enslavement of peoples, in Africa and the Americas under early European imperial expansion.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p05\">As Sahlins says:<\/p>\n<p id=\"p06\" class=\"quote\">\u201cThe familiar conception&#8230; makes assumptions peculiarly appropriate to market economies: that man\u2019s wants are great, not to say infinite, whereas his means are limited, although improvable&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stone Age Economics, Marshall Sahlins (1972) Beginning as a presentation in 1966, what Sahlins challenged was the historic prejudice which dismissed the rights and value of \u2018undeveloped\u2019 societies and their \u2018state of nature\u2019. 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