Marshall Sahlins
Marshall David Sahlins was a prominent American cultural anthropologist known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and contributions to anthropological theory.
As Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago, Sahlins challenged conventional Western anthropological perspectives.
His work often critiqued Western assumptions about human nature and culture, emphasizing the diversity of human societies and the importance of cultural context in understanding human behavior.
Sahlins was influential in developing ideas about cultural relativism and the relationship between culture and economics.
His writings, including "Stone Age Economics" and "Islands of History," have had a significant impact on anthropological thought and continue to be widely studied and debated.
