Marshall Sahlins

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:anthropologist
author
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:University_of_Michigan
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Franz_Boas_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1930-12-27
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2021-04-05
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Eric_Wolf
gptkb:Julian_Steward
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:David_Graeber
gptkb:Anna_Tsing
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Prickly_Pear_Pamphlets
gptkbp:ethnicity Jewish American
gptkbp:field anthropology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Marshall Sahlins
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Graeber
gptkb:Anna_Tsing
gptkb:Eduardo_Viveiros_de_Castro
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Claude_Lévi-Strauss
gptkb:Karl_Polanyi
gptkb:Marcel_Mauss
gptkbp:knownFor debate with Gananath Obeyesekere
studies of Pacific Island societies
theories of cultural evolution
work on the concept of the original affluent society
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Culture_and_Practical_Reason
gptkb:How_Natives_Think:_About_Captain_Cook,_For_Example
gptkb:Islands_of_History
gptkb:Stone_Age_Economics
gptkb:What_Kinship_Is—And_Is_Not
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Barbara_Sahlins
gptkbp:website https://anthropology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/marshall-sahlins
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:University_of_Michigan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Annette_B._Weiner
gptkb:Claude_Lévi-Strauss
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5