Anthropology and Egalitarianism: Ethnographic Encounters from Monticello to Guinea-Bissau

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ER I C G A B L E Anthropologyand Egalitarianism Ethnographic Encounters from Monticello to Guinea-Bissau ERIC GABLE ANTHROPOLOGY & EGALITARIANISM ANTHROPOLOGY& EGALITARIANISM Ethnographic Encounters from Monticello to Guinea-Bissau ERIC GABLE Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2011 by Eric Gable All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gable, Eric. Anthropology and egalitarianism : ethnographic encounters from Monticello to Guinea-Bissau / Eric Gable. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-35576-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-22275-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Ethnology—Philosophy. 2. Ethnology—Fieldwork. 3. Equality—Philosophy. I. Title. GN345.G33 2010 305.8001—dc22 2010020766 1 2 3 4 5 16 15 14 13 12 11 For Larsen, Grace, Ned, and Martin All ethnography is part philosophy, and a good deal of the rest is confession. —Clifford Geertz ...