In the 1960s, as a result of the substantivist/formalist debate, economic anthropology became a recognizable field. Thereafter, Marxian thought became prominent in the field. While Marxian ideas provided an alternative methodology, they were not new to economic anthropology. This article seeks to clarify the relationship between economic anthropology and Marxian political economy while also drawing attention to an area of Marxian theory not commonly explored by heterodox economists.
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