I appreciate Louis Proyect's piece on Colonial Anthropology which I've sent on to an anthro listserv. They do not take kindly to criticism of Boas. . .
I also just sent them this item which I send to PEN-L, the best listserv in the world! "The tyranny of the wage slave relationship, taken for granted by most social scientists, is the basis for self-righteous indignation of future anthropologists against those of Bush-time. Samir Amin's "The Liberal Virus," captures these issues with deadly precision. From that perspective, military anthropology, business (sic - capitalist) anthropology, and academic culture has more in common than not. See a brief review of Amin today: http://www.counterpunch.org/sandronsky10062007.html I use this book in my classes as I have since learning from the greatest anthropologist I've ever known personally, Dr. Peter Rigby. Rigby had us reading Amin back in 1981 when I was a graduate student at Temple University. I joined with the anthros because it offered one of the few social bases to fight relentlessly against capital. It's too bad that, like so many other "professions," the anthros are losing ground to those sickened by the liberal virus. I am hopeful because anthropology remains the most radical of the social sciences. Best, Brian McKenna ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
