Archeology of Violence

By Pierre Clastres

Clastres's final, posthumous book on the affirmative role of violence in "primitive societies." The war machine is the motor of the social machine; the primitive social being relies entirely on war,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0936756950
• ISBN13: 9780936756950
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Semiotext
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Deleuze + Guattari + Strauss + Nietzsche + Marx + Schmidt + Zizek= ???

You guessed it: Pierre Clastres. Obscure on google searches (save Franko-anarchist webblogs), Clastres is buzzing with ideas. Here's a primer: Interested in combating neoconservative, fascist politics? Interested in combating neoliberal, internationalist ideologies? How do tribal societies combat power a priori? What's wrong with Marxist anthropology? How does war in primitive society negate both Hobbes and Levi-Strauss? Why is primitive society the first affluent society? How does a Chief function in society without power? What exploitative methods are employed to reverse power flows? Read the book, get a clue.