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Maurice Godelier: French anthropologist (born 1934).
Born in Cambrai (age 92).
8 awards including CNRS Gold medal.
Studied at École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud.
AWARDS (8)
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CNRS Gold medal
WON
B
Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize
WON
B
Huxley Memorial Medal
WON
B
Prix d'Académie
WON
Biography
Maurice Godelier is a French anthropologist. He is known for his field work among the Baruya in Papua New Guinea from the 1960s to the 1980s, and became one of the earliest advocates of Marxism's incorporation into anthropology. He was a director of studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris.
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