Eric Wolf
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Eric Wolf was an influential anthropologist known for integrating Marxist perspectives into the study of peasant societies, power, and global historical processes.
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| Eric Wolf canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6760963 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Wolf Context triple: [Wolf, hasNotableBearer, Eric Wolf]
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Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson is an American literary critic and Marxist theorist best known for his analyses of postmodernism, late capitalism, and cultural theory.
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B.
Erik Olin Wright
Erik Olin Wright was an American sociologist and leading Marxist theorist known for his influential work on class analysis, social inequality, and visions of real utopias.
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C.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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D.
Michael Bonvillain
Michael Bonvillain is an American cinematographer known for his work on films and television series, including genre projects like From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter.
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E.
Nikolas Rose
Nikolas Rose is a British sociologist and social theorist known for his influential work on governmentality, biopolitics, and the social implications of the life sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Wolf Target entity description: Eric Wolf was an influential anthropologist known for integrating Marxist perspectives into the study of peasant societies, power, and global historical processes.
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A.
Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson is an American literary critic and Marxist theorist best known for his analyses of postmodernism, late capitalism, and cultural theory.
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B.
Erik Olin Wright
Erik Olin Wright was an American sociologist and leading Marxist theorist known for his influential work on class analysis, social inequality, and visions of real utopias.
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C.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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D.
Michael Bonvillain
Michael Bonvillain is an American cinematographer known for his work on films and television series, including genre projects like From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter.
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E.
Nikolas Rose
Nikolas Rose is a British sociologist and social theorist known for his influential work on governmentality, biopolitics, and the social implications of the life sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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anthropologist ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Julian Steward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1923-02-01 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1999-03-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer |
City University of New York Graduate Center
NERFINISHED
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Queens College, City University of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
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economic anthropology ⓘ historical anthropology ⓘ political anthropology ⓘ |
| fullName | Eric Robert Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Julian Steward
NERFINISHED
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Karl Marx ⓘ Max Weber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of power and global historical processes
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integrating Marxist perspectives into anthropology ⓘ studies of peasant societies ⓘ world-systems and global capitalism perspectives in anthropology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| migratedTo | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Marxist anthropology
NERFINISHED
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political economy in anthropology ⓘ |
| nationality | Austrian-American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anthropology
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Envisioning Power: Ideologies of Dominance and Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe and the People Without History NERFINISHED ⓘ Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vienna ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Irvington, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Caribbean
NERFINISHED
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Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ global historical processes ⓘ peasants ⓘ political economy ⓘ power ⓘ |
| spouse | Sydney Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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