Marshall Sahlins
Anthropology
United States
1930 – 2021
102 quotes
American anthropologist who critiqued economic rationality in 'Stone Age Economics' and studied cultural history.
Most quoted
"The original affluent society is not one in which all the people's material wants are easily satisfied, but rather one in which they are few."
— from Stone Age Economics, 1972
"Economics is not about the production and distribution of goods and services, but about the production and distribution of meanings."
— from Culture and Practical Reason, 1976
"The structure of the conjuncture is the way in which historical events are given meaning by cultural categories."
— from Islands of History, 1985
All quotes by Marshall Sahlins (102)
Myth and history intertwine.
Islands of History
1985
To understand culture is to understand freedom.
Culture and Practical Reason
1976
Contemporaries of Marshall Sahlins
Other Anthropologys born within 50 years of Marshall Sahlins (1930–2021).