Anthropology and economy / Stephen F. Gudeman.

Call Number	306.3
Author	Gudeman, Stephen F., author.
Title	Anthropology and economy / Stephen F. Gudeman. Anthropology & Economy
Physical Description	1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series	New departures in anthropology
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Jan 2016).
Contents	Machine generated contents note: 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.
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.
Subject	ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316442739

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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.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Jan 2016).
Contents	Machine generated contents note: 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.
Subject	ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316442739