Anthropology and Economy

Informationen zum Autor Stephen F. Gudeman is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. Klappentext Comparative and critical! Anthropology and Economy offers a uniquely cross-cultural view of economy. Using examples from market and non-market situations! the book shows how economies are built on five increasingly abstract spheres! from the house to community! commerce! finance! and meta-finance. Across these spheres! economy incorporates a tension between self-interested rationality and the mutuality of social relationships. Even when rational processes predominate! as in markets! economies rely on sociability and ritual to operate! whether as cronyism! pleas to divinities or the magical persuasions of advertising. Drawing on data and concepts from anthropology and economics! the book addresses wealth inequality! resource depletion! and environmental devastation especially in capitalism! providing an understanding of their persistence and ideas for controlling them. Given the recent financial crash! Gudeman offers a different understanding of the crisis and suggestions for achieving greater economic stability. Zusammenfassung Offering a uniquely cross-cultural perspective! renowned economic anthropologist Stephen Gudeman presents a theory of economic crisis and lessons for its mitigation! in light of the recent global financial crash. This compelling book is richly illustrated with examples from 'strange' small-scale economies as well as developed market economies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Strange economies; 2. Strength of the house; 3. Mutuality and connections; 4. Rituals of economy; 5. From celebrations to sales; 6. Colonizing; 7. Money and abstraction; 8. Rethinking economy.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Gudeman, Stephen (University of Minnesota) Gudeman, Stephen F. Gudeman, Gudeman Stephen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781107577206
• ISBN: 978-1-107-57720-6
• No. of pages: 233
• Series: New Departures in Anthropology; New Departures in Anthropology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology