▁God el ier ▁and ▁Em manuel ▁Ter ray ▁combined ▁Marx ism ▁with ▁struct ural ▁anth rop ology ▁in ▁France . ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁authors ▁such ▁as ▁Marshall ▁S ahl ins ▁and ▁James ▁Bo on ▁built ▁on ▁struct ural ism ▁to ▁provide ▁their ▁own ▁analysis ▁of ▁human ▁society . ▁Struct ural ▁anth rop ology ▁fell ▁out ▁of ▁favour ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁reasons . ▁D ' And rade ▁suggests ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁because ▁it ▁made ▁un ver ifiable ▁assumptions ▁about ▁the ▁universal ▁structures ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁mind . ▁Auth ors ▁such ▁as ▁Eric ▁Wolf ▁argued ▁that ▁political ▁economy ▁and ▁colonial ism ▁should ▁be ▁at ▁the ▁fore front ▁of ▁anth rop ology . ▁More ▁generally , ▁critic isms ▁of ▁struct ural ism ▁by ▁Pierre ▁Bour d ieu ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁concern ▁with ▁how ▁cultural ▁and ▁social ▁structures ▁were ▁changed ▁by ▁human ▁ag ency ▁and ▁practice , ▁a ▁tr end ▁which ▁Sher ry ▁Ort ner ▁has ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁' p ract ice ▁theory '. ▁ ▁One ▁example ▁is ▁Learning ▁Capital ist ▁Culture ▁where ▁Douglas ▁E . ▁F ole y ▁applies ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁struct ural ▁and ▁Marx ist ▁theory s ▁to ▁his ▁eth n ographic ▁field work ▁among ▁high ▁school ers ▁in ▁Texas . ▁F ole y ▁analy zes ▁how ▁the ▁high ▁school ▁reaches ▁a ▁shared ▁goal ▁through ▁the ▁l ens ▁of ▁social ▁solid ar ity ▁when ▁he ▁obser ves ▁" M ex ican os " ▁and ▁" Ang lo - Amer icans "