Maurice Godelier

Born in Cambrai, France in 1934, Maurice Godelier is one of the most influential names in French anthropology. Directeur d'tudes at the cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales. Best known as one of the earliest advocates of Marxism's incorporation into anthropology, he is also known for his field work among the Baruya in Papua New Guinea that spanned three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.
— Maurice Godelier