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A Relational Marxist Critique of Posthumanism in Archaeology

McGuire, Randall H.·2021·Cambridge Archaeological Journal
DOI 10.1017/s0959774321000184
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In archaeology, a Posthumanism has arisen from the ashes of post-modernism and declared that Marxism is dead in archaeology. Archaeological advocates of the posthumanist theory of Symmetrical Archaeology cherry-pick ideas to dismiss Marxism out of hand without considering the depth and nuances of different Marxist theories. They misrepresent the relational dialectic as oppositional thinking and ignore the fundamental dualism of their own polemic. They equate humans and things by arguing that they share a common ontology. A relational Marxism resolves the dualistic nature of their polemic and shows that things, animals and people may be studied relationally while still recognizing ontological differences. Marxism lives.

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Authors
McGuire, R. H.
Affiliations
Binghamton University (US)
Corresponding author
McGuire, Randall H.
Venue
Cambridge Archaeological Journal
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2021-05-18
Volume
31
Issue
3
Pages
495-501
ISSN
  • 0959-7743 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-0540
DOI
10.1017/s0959774321000184
OpenAlex
W3162033375
Cited by
19
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2
FWCI
14.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
Cambridge Archaeological Journal (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Marxism and Critical Theory
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
Keywords
posthumanism, Marxism, relational dialectics, dualism, ontology of things, human-animal relations, postmodernism

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