is a comparative study of Morgan’s Ancient Society,Marx’s Conspectus o] Lewis H.Mor-gan’s Book ‘Ancient Society’ and Engels’The Origin of the Family,Private Propertyand the State.Ou argues that these three books...is a comparative study of Morgan’s Ancient Society,Marx’s Conspectus o] Lewis H.Mor-gan’s Book ‘Ancient Society’ and Engels’The Origin of the Family,Private Propertyand the State.Ou argues that these three books ushered in a new era in the develop-ment of ethnology.According to him,rich social investigative material and penetrat-ing study of the laws of social development of mankind’s primitive society in An-cient Society supplemented and substantiated the historical materialism of the found-ers of Marxism,which was an epoch-making contribution to the development of eth-nology. However,due to the limitations of Morgan’s knowledge and worldview,manydefects can still be found in this work.The two immortal works by Marx and Engelsbased on the rich materials in Morgan’s work were the ones that developed ethnologyinto a science.展开更多
文摘is a comparative study of Morgan’s Ancient Society,Marx’s Conspectus o] Lewis H.Mor-gan’s Book ‘Ancient Society’ and Engels’The Origin of the Family,Private Propertyand the State.Ou argues that these three books ushered in a new era in the develop-ment of ethnology.According to him,rich social investigative material and penetrat-ing study of the laws of social development of mankind’s primitive society in An-cient Society supplemented and substantiated the historical materialism of the found-ers of Marxism,which was an epoch-making contribution to the development of eth-nology. However,due to the limitations of Morgan’s knowledge and worldview,manydefects can still be found in this work.The two immortal works by Marx and Engelsbased on the rich materials in Morgan’s work were the ones that developed ethnologyinto a science.
