Maurice Godelier

1934 -

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movement: structural Marxism

country of citizenship: France

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud

occupation: anthropologist, researcher

award received: CNRS Gold medal, Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize, Prix de l'Union rationaliste, Prix d'Académie, prix Louis-Castex, Huxley Memorial Medal

position held: president

influenced by: Edmund Husserl, Karl Marx, Claude Lévi-Strauss

Maurice Godelier (born February 28, 1934) is a French anthropologist who works as a Director of Studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. He is one of the most influential French anthropologists and is best known as one of the earliest advocates of Marxism's incorporation into anthropology. He is also known for his field work among the Baruya in Papua New Guinea from the 1960s to the 1980s. Source: Wikipedia (en)