Marvin Harris - Cannibals and Kings (1977)

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In many ways the rise of the state was the descent of the world from freedom to slavery

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Hindus and Westerners alike see in the meat-eating taboos of India a triumph of morals over appetite. This is a dangerous misrepresentation of cultural processes. Hindu vegetarianism was a victory not of spirit over matter but of reproductive over productive forces.

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