More than four decades after the publication of Europe and the People without History, Eric Wolf’s reflections on the interconnected nature of social worlds remain highly relevant. His central argument—that human societies form a totality of intertwined historical, political, and economic processes—continues to shape contemporary anthropology.
The special issue Anthropological Interconnections of Anthropologie et Sociétés builds on this perspective. Drawing on Wolf’s insight that fragmenting social analysis risks falsifying reality, the contributions explore relational dynamics that cut across geographic, historical, and social boundaries.
Together, the articles offer a renewed understanding of contemporary phenomena, foregrounding complexity, relationality, and historical depth.