An exhaustive discussion of the question of evolutionism in social anthropology can be found in Alain Testarts article on the issue that appeared in the Revue Française de Sociologie Nr. 33, April–June 1992, pp. 155-187. Read also the last paragraph of this article.
A re-edition of Lewis H. Morgan’s Ancient Society (1877) was published in 1985 with a preface by Alain Testart that can be obtained via the official website.
1978 : Des classifications dualistes en Australie : Essai sur l'évolution de l'organisation sociale. Paris et Lille : Maison des Sciences de l'Homme & Lille III, 222 p. French Summary: http://www.alaintestart.com/class_dual_austra.htm
2007: Critique du don : Études sur la circulation non marchande. Paris : Syllepse, 268 p.; English Summary: http://www.alaintestart.com/UK/documents/encridon.html[permanent dead link] . See also Testart 2013: What is a gift ? and Uncertainties of the ‛obligation to reciprocate’: A Critique of Mauss, translation of chap.1 and chap.4.
See for instance the article “Are the biological models useful for conceptualizing the evolution of the societies?” in
Préhistoires méditerranéennes 2011/2.
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A revue of “La déesse et le grain” can be found in the French Revue de l'Histoire des Religions: http://rhr.revues.org/7838. (April 4, 2012)
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2004 : La servitude volontaire (2 vols.) : I, Les morts d’accompagnement ; II, L’origine de l’État. Paris : Errance, 264 p. et 140 p. [Voluntary Servitude (2 Vol.): Part I, The “Accompanying Dead” ; Part II, The Origins of the State]. English Summary : http://www.alain.testart.com/UK/documents/engservitude.html .
