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By Marshall Sahlins
Marshall Sahlins facilities those essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand—whose histories have intersected with ecu heritage. yet he's additionally curious about the insular pondering in Western scholarship that creates fake dichotomies among previous and current, among constitution and occasion, among the person and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections shape a strong critique of Western background and anthropology.
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Debate co'tinued among Maori chiefs about what the treaty had signified. Various metaphysical speculations were im_ provised. ,, That h! said in May r84o. By. the following January, Nopera had reversed the te;ms: ,,The substance of the land goes to the Eumpeans, the shadow only will be our portion" (cited in Wards r96g: front matter). hould have a great deaLmore,, (Maning t9o6:z3o_3t). The whaling and trading ships had nearly stoppe R' The military followers of a peaceJoving king, unless he was very wealthy and generous, were liable to drift away, while the bulk of the population counted for nothing. tlotrl of History cf. 2 Examples could be multiplied, but the best would probably remain Cunnison's brilliant analysis of political distinctions in historical consciousness among the Luapula peoples (r95r; cf. Cunnison ry57, 1959). Pocock's well-known article on "The Anthropology of Timereckoning" (rS6+) makes the differential historical consciousness an aspect of the formal logic of hierarchy. The following January, Nopera had reversed the te;ms: ,,The substance of the land goes to the Eumpeans, the shadow only will be our portion" (cited in Wards r96g: front matter). hould have a great deaLmore,, (Maning t9o6:z3o_3t). The whaling and trading ships had nearly stoppe