Harold Barclay
Barclay (January 3, 1924 – 20 December 2017) was a professor emeritus in anthropology at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. His research focused on rural society in modern Egypt and the northern Arab Sudan, political anthropology and the anthropology of religion. He is also commonly acknowledged as a notable writer in anarchist theory, specialising in theories involving the structure and oppressive systems of the state and how society would operate without a formal government.
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Harold Barclay
- Name
- Harold Barclay
- Birth Name
- Harold Barton Barclay
- Born
- 3 January 1924
- Birthplace
- Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Died
- 20 December 2017
- Place of death
- Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
- Education
- Stockbridge School of Agriculture
- Nationality
- United States · Canada
- Occupation
- anthropologist · university teacher · writer
- Movements
- anarchist anthropology
- Known for
- People without Government: An Anthropology of Anarchy
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Harold Barclay • Birth Name — Harold Barton Barclay • Born — 3 January 1924 • Birthplace — Newton, Massachusetts, United States • Died — 20 December 2017 • Place of death — Vernon, British Columbia, Canada • Education — Stockbridge School of Agriculture • Alma Mater — Cornell University • Thesis Title — Buurri al Lamaab: A Suburban Village in the Sudan • Thesis Url — https: archive.org/details/buurriallamaabsu00barc/mode/2up • Thesis Year — 1961 • Influences — Ruth Benedict • Discipline — Anthropology • Sub Discipline — Political anthropology • Workplaces — University of Alberta • Main Interests — Anarchism
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1924
Harold Barclay born at Newton.
2017
Harold Barclay died at Vernon.
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• Buurri al Lamaab, is a suburban village in Sudan. Cornell studies in anthropology. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1964. • The role of the horse in man's culture. London: J.A. Allen, 1980. • Culture: the human way. Calgary. Alta., Canada: Western Publishers, 1986. • Anthropology and Anarchism. Cambridge: the Anarchist Encyclopaedia, 1986. • People without Government: An Anthropology of Anarchy, rev. ed., Seattle: Left Bank Books, 1990.. • Culture and anarchism. London: Freedom Press, 1997. • The state. London: Freedom Press, 2003. • Longing for Arcadia: memoirs of an anarcho-cynicalist anthropologist. Victoria, B.C.: Trafford, 2005.
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- 1.Barclay, Harold. Longing for Arcadia. Trafford Publishing. 2005. 978-1-4120-5679-3.
- 2.Harold Barton Barclay Obituary - Vernon, BC. Dignity Memorial.
- 3.Harold Barclay (1924-2017) – CASCA. 2018-04-30.
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- Graham, Robert. Harold Barclay—anthropologist of anarchy. Anarchist Studies. 14. 2. 167–170. 2006. 0967-3393.
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