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Writing the Deep History of Human Economy

In: The Critique of Archaeological Economy

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  • Randall H. McGuire

    (Binghamton University)

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In archaeology, a New Materialism has developed. Archaeological promoters of this theory reject Marxism out of hand. These archaeologists equate the relational dialectic with oppositional thinking and declare Marxism as dead. A refutation of the New Materialism’s critique of the dialectic leaves open the question of why archaeologists should embrace Marxism, which is a theory of Capitalism, to archaeologically study the deep history of human economy? My simple answer is twofold: (1) if we wish to transform capitalism we must demonstrate that people created Capitalism in the past and that people can therefore transform it for the future, and (2) Marxism offers archaeologists an intellectual tool kit to study the ancient past.

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  • Randall H. McGuire, 2021. "Writing the Deep History of Human Economy," Frontiers in Economic History, in: Stefanos Gimatzidis & Reinhard Jung (ed.), The Critique of Archaeological Economy, chapter 0, pages 19-33, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:frochp:978-3-030-72539-6_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72539-6_2
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