Envisioning Power. Ideologies of dominance and crisis.

Responding to anthropology´ s long reliance on a concept of culture that takes little account of power, Wolf argues that power is crucial in shaping the circumstances of cultural production. Wolf advances his argument by examining three societies: the Kwakiutl Indians, the Aztecs, and National Socialist Germany. In each case study, Wolf analyzes how the regnant ideology interwined with power around the pivotal relationships that governes social labor.