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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... logic the opposition between the mongoose and the cobra is the image used to illustrate antagonistic contradiction ( Stcherbatsky , 1962 : 407 ) . These two animals are natural enemies and when one strays onto the territory of the ...
... logic the opposition between the mongoose and the cobra is the image used to illustrate antagonistic contradiction ( Stcherbatsky , 1962 : 407 ) . These two animals are natural enemies and when one strays onto the territory of the ...
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... logic are in more urgent need of rehabilitation . Just because the world we study is full of muddles and contradictions it does not mean that our theories about it should be . The muddles we are confronted with today demand the skilful ...
... logic are in more urgent need of rehabilitation . Just because the world we study is full of muddles and contradictions it does not mean that our theories about it should be . The muddles we are confronted with today demand the skilful ...
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... logic of market valuation is quantitative and mathematical and it goes as follows . Suppose that one Rupee ( Rs 1 ) can buy 1 kg of rice or 6 glass bangles . This fact can be represented as two equations of the following kind : 1 kg ...
... logic of market valuation is quantitative and mathematical and it goes as follows . Suppose that one Rupee ( Rs 1 ) can buy 1 kg of rice or 6 glass bangles . This fact can be represented as two equations of the following kind : 1 kg ...
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... logic of the equations above , then , is a labour valuation system that equates the hours of abstract labour required to produce the 1 kg of rice with the hours of abstract labour required to produce six glass bangles . If this amount ...
... logic of the equations above , then , is a labour valuation system that equates the hours of abstract labour required to produce the 1 kg of rice with the hours of abstract labour required to produce six glass bangles . If this amount ...
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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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