“The world's most 'primitive' people have few possessions, but they are not poor. Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods, nor is it just a relation between means and ends; above all it is a relation between people. Poverty is a social status. As such it is the invention of civilization. It has grown with civilization, at once as an invidious distinction between classes and more importantly as a tributary relation.” PeopleWorldMeanEndsCertainSocialPoorClassPovertyAmountCivilizationRelationPossessionInventionDistinctionGoodsPrimitiveSmall AmountsSocial Status Book:Stone Age Economics Source: Stone Age Economics
“We can reproduce within our own minds the way that the world is put together for other people. This is the extraordinary privilege and adventure of anthropology.” PeopleWorldWayMindTogetherAdventureExtraordinaryPrivilegeAnthropology Author:Marshall Sahlins
