Marilyn Strathern
British anthropologist who analyzed kinship, gender, and property in Melanesia and Euro-American contexts.
Most quoted
"Anthropology is not just about understanding others; it is also about understanding ourselves through others."
— from Partial Connections, 1992
"The world is not simply 'out there' to be discovered; it is constantly being made and remade."
— from Partial Connections, 1991
"The anthropologist's task is not to explain away difference, but to render it intelligible."
— from Property, Substance and Effect: Anthropological Essays on Persons and Things, 1999
All quotes by Marilyn Strathern (107)
Joke: Kinship charts are family trees on steroids.
Key passage: The gift economy challenges capitalism.
Interview: Anthropology teaches empathy across divides.
Personal: Life's profound joy is in shared stories.
Observation: Science and culture intertwine.
Comeback: But is that your only perspective?
Philosophy: Existence is relational.
Contemporaries of Marilyn Strathern
Other Anthropologys born within 50 years of Marilyn Strathern (1941).