Savage MoneyThis volume is not simply another general theory of world system. It is a theoretically and ethnographically informed collection of essays which opens up new questions through an examination of concrete cases, covering global and local questions of political economy. |
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... caste and origin : two villages compared 94 III.6 Land transactions in Minipur village , 1921-1981 96 III.7 IV.1 Land transactions in Latipur village , 1921-1981 Bastar District : two subdistricts ( tahsils ) compared 97 128 IV.2 ...
... caste and origin : two villages compared 94 III.6 Land transactions in Minipur village , 1921-1981 96 III.7 IV.1 Land transactions in Latipur village , 1921-1981 Bastar District : two subdistricts ( tahsils ) compared 97 128 IV.2 ...
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... caste ' , and so on . The value perspective enables one to dissolve , rather than resolve , the problems posed by these categories . It does this by posing new problems in a different theoretical language . Values involve both the is ...
... caste ' , and so on . The value perspective enables one to dissolve , rather than resolve , the problems posed by these categories . It does this by posing new problems in a different theoretical language . Values involve both the is ...
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... caste , for example , has non- antagonistic contradiction as its centrepiece . He contrasts this with axiomatic contradiction — the idea that nothing is both , say , a snake and a not - snake — which he claims is at the heart of ...
... caste , for example , has non- antagonistic contradiction as its centrepiece . He contrasts this with axiomatic contradiction — the idea that nothing is both , say , a snake and a not - snake — which he claims is at the heart of ...
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... castes in India — are compared and judged to be the same or different with reference to this standard . Standards of value are generally accepted but never universally so . This is because people are endowed with a potential , not ...
... castes in India — are compared and judged to be the same or different with reference to this standard . Standards of value are generally accepted but never universally so . This is because people are endowed with a potential , not ...
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Contents
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Beyond Gifts and Commodities | 41 |
Land as the Supreme Good | 71 |
Production of Commodities by Means of Goods | 119 |
Mercantile Kinship | 163 |
Usury Interest and Usance | 211 |
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Savage Money: The Anthropology and Politics of Commodity Exchange Chris A. Gregory Limited preview - 1997 |
Savage Money: The Anthropology and Politics of Commodity Exchange Chris A. Gregory Limited preview - 1997 |
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