ANTH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Class Conflict, Radiocarbon Dating, Collective Consciousness
18 Dec 2017
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Homework questions: how does childe define neolithic societies (barbarism) in marxist terms as a mode of production, go through childe"s list of ten traits for urban civilizations. Mode of production: varied ways that human beings collectively produce the means of subsistence in order to survive and enhance social being: childe also incorporated aspects of emily durkheim"s concept of society. Look for the places where childe uses the concepts of organic solidarity, mechanical solidarity (or just solidarity ) and the division of labor . First exposed to writings of marx and engels as a student in sydney, australia. Earned second b. a. in 1917 from oxford and returned to australia. Pacifist and didn"t fight in world war one; a marxist shunted from employment. Known internationally for his publications about the rise of civilizations. Particularly, his work on the industrial revolution. Famous for work on neolithic period settlements including excavations in skara brae.
