Author - C. R Hallpike

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In defence of colonialism: the case of Papua New Guinea

22/11/2021

by C. R Hallpike

Modern liberals, so loud in their condemnation of colonialism, for the most part have little or no...

Ideas

Is there a ‘primitive society’?

12/08/2021

by C. R Hallpike

Primitive societies are small-scale, face-to-face, with simple subsistence technology, without...

C. R Hallpike

Christopher Hallpike is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. His books include The Foundations of Primitive Thought, The Principles of Social Evolution, Ethical Thought in Increasingly Complex Societies, The Konso of Ethiopia, Bloodshed and Vengeance in the Papuan Mountains, and Do We Need God to be Good? He conducted several years’ fieldwork in Ethiopia and Papua New Guinea, and received a D.Litt from Oxford in 1989. He is also a sometime Bye Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge.