Marshall Sahlins (1930-2021) was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory.
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Marshall David Sahlins ( SAH-linz; December 27, 1930 – April 5, 2021) was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory.
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Marshall David Sahlins was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory.
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Associated With: Columbia University, Article text
He earned his PhD at Columbia University in 1954.
Associated With: University of Chicago, Article text
Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. == Life == Sahlins was born in Chicago, the son of Bertha (Skud) and Paul A.
Associated With: University of Michigan, Article text
In 1957, he became assistant professor at the University of Michigan.
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This gift exchange system was analyzed by anthropologist Marshall Sahlins as a means of distinguishing between the exchange principles of reciprocity and redistribution on the one hand, and the associated political principles of status and rank on the other.
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