Clastres, Pierre, 1934-1977

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Name (Latin)
Clastres, Pierre, 1934-1977
Name (Arabic)
كلاستر، بيار، 1934-1977
Other forms of name
Clastres, Pierre, 1934-
Date of birth
1934-05-17
Date of death
1977-07-29
Field of activity
Political anthropology
Occupation
Anthropologists
Ethnologists
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 109202371
Wikidata: Q463151
Library of congress: n 81019936
HAI10: 000071335
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, June 26, 2023(Pierre Clastres; Pierre Clastres (17 May 1934, Paris, France--29 July 1977, Gabriac, France) was a French anthropologist, ethnographer, and ethnologist; he is best known for his contributions to the field of political anthropology, with his fieldwork among the Guayaki in Paraguay and his theory of stateless societies; his signature work is the essay collection Society Against the State (1974) and his bibliography also includes Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians (1972), Le Grand Parler (1974), and Archeology of Violence (1980); he died, aged 43, in Gabriac, Lozère in a car accident)
  • His Chronique des indiens Guayaki, 1972.
  • His Recherches d'anthropologie politique, c1980:t.p. (Pierre Clastres) cover p. 4 (d. 1977)