Claude Meillassoux

About the author

Claude Meillassoux (1925–2005) was a French neo-Marxist economic anthropologist and Africanist whose work combined rigorous fieldwork with lifelong political commitment. A student of Georges Balandier, he conducted research among the Guro of Côte d'Ivoire, publishing his thesis in 1964. In the 1970s he entered a notable theoretical debate by challenging Marshall Sahlins's use of the concept of the "domestic mode of production.

" Throughout his career, Meillassoux remained a consistent and engaged critic of social injustice.