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“It is said that the history of peoples who have a history is the history of class struggle. It might be said with at least as much truthfulness, that the history of peoples without history is a history of their struggle against the state.”

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Pierre Clastres
Pierre Clastres

Pierre Clastres (May 17, 1934 - July 29, 1977) was a prominent French anthropologist known for his research on indigenous societies in the Americas, particularly in the Amazon region. more

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