Research Catalog

Title

Anthropology and economy / Stephen Gudeman (University of Minnesota).

Author

Gudeman, Stephen F.

Publication

• Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
• ©2016

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Description

viii, 225 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"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"--

Series Statement

New departures in anthropology

Uniform Title

New departures in anthropology

Subject

• Economic anthropology
• Economic anthropology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-213) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Strange economies -- 2. The 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.

ISBN

• 9781107130869
• 1107130867
• 9781107577206
• 1107577209

LCCN

^^2015028911

OCLC

• 920735354
• SCSB-12016801

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library