Julian Steward Ve Karl Wittfogel İlişkisi: Antropolojik Bir İnceleme
The Relation Between Julian Steward and Karl Wittfogel: An Anthropological Study

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to explain how the concept of state is perceived by the anthropologist Julian Steward and political scientist Karl Wittfogel. Especially it is about how Julian Steward is influenced from the opinions of Wittfogel, who investigate the state and the origin of it. After evolution became the focus of interest again in the aftermath of WWII, many concepts became subject of curiosity. One of these concepts is state. Wittfogel realized the importance of irrigation while he tried to explain the origin of state. Like Wittfogel, Steward was interested in the importance of irrigation, too; but his interest is not only for explaining the origin of state but also for verifying his own theories, such as cultural anthropology. If that is so, then to what degree has Steward utilized the opinions of Wittfogel while he defended his theories?

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