Unequal Egalitarianism: Reflections on Forge's Paradox

dc.contributor.authorGregory, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:27:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T08:28:49Z
dc.description.abstractAnthony Forge was a pioneer in the anthropology of art and established an international reputation in this field. His work on the political anthropology of egalitarianism, by contrast, has been virtually ignored because of the demise of British Social Anthropology as a method, and the rise of inequality as the problem to be investigated. Some fifty years have passed since Forge did his fieldwork in the Sepik District of Papua New Guinea; a critical reappraisal of his method and ideas in light of the political history of democracy in Oceania is called for. Equality as a male value has re-emerged as a key concern for the new 'Big Shot', so too has equal exchange, but in the form of the commercial gift. If we are to grasp the general principles, and paradoxes, that inform transactions of this kind, anthropologists need to reassess their prejudices about the method of British Social Anthropology.
dc.identifier.issn1740-9314
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/73813
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceAsia Pacific Journal of Anthropology
dc.titleUnequal Egalitarianism: Reflections on Forge's Paradox
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage217
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage197
local.contributor.affiliationGregory, Chris, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu8401628@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidGregory, Chris, u8401628
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160100 - ANTHROPOLOGY
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB3842
local.identifier.citationvolume15
local.identifier.doi10.1080/14442213.2014.916342
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84902962815
local.identifier.thomsonID000337941200001
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByU3488905
local.type.statusPublished Version

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