me, and I would sell my soul to the devil if I thought it would help."

Eric Wolf's interest into the realm of anthropology emerged upon recognition of the theorist- imposed boundaries, encompassing both theories and subjects, which current and past anthropological scholars had constructed. These boundaries, Wolf believed, were a result of theorist tending to societies and cultures as fixed entities-static, bounded and autonomous, rather then describing and interpreting societies within a state of constant change, ceaselessly vulnerable to external influence, and always interconnected with other societies. Yet to transcend current anthropological theories and boundaries, and to explain this interconnectedness, in attempt to understand the world, Wolf believed three criteria must be met: 1) To trace the world market and the course of capitalist development, 2) To develop this theory of this growth and development and finally, one must be able to relate both the history and theory of that unfolding development to processes that affect and change the lives of local populations Wolf, 1982:21)

community to that of the nation. In the community itself, these relationships

Cultures are not integral wholes carried by social isolates. We

Abbink, Jan and Hans Vermeulen. History and Culture: Essays on the Work of Eric R. Wolf. Amsterdam, Het Spinhuis, 1992.

Wolf's angle of theory demonstrates a cornucopia of processes and ideas, ultimately illustrating the relationship between society, culture, ideology and modes of production. Although backboned by a Marxist ideology, his drive to illuminate the interconnectedness between anthropologically constructed spheres, demonstrates his desire to stem away from rigid distinctions which "pure" Marxist thought offers. It is this desire which pushes him beyond simply an economic based theory towards one that is also political, situated upon the structural power exerted in society, ultimately making his analysis one of economic and political processes, only seen through macroscopic historical lenses.

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