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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... 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 and the ought , the fact and ...
... 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 and the ought , the fact and ...
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... values associated with the House but , rather , to subject them to critical analysis . These values divide , in the ... value systems for themselves and are constantly switching1 between them ... theory of peasant insurgency 8 SAVAGE MONEY.
... values associated with the House but , rather , to subject them to critical analysis . These values divide , in the ... value systems for themselves and are constantly switching1 between them ... theory of peasant insurgency 8 SAVAGE MONEY.
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C.A. Gregory. heart of Guha's ( 1983a ) theory of peasant insurgency where the ' mongoose ' takes the three - headed form of sarkar , sahukar ... theory of caste , for example , has non- antagonistic contradiction as its ... VALUE QUESTION 9.
C.A. Gregory. heart of Guha's ( 1983a ) theory of peasant insurgency where the ' mongoose ' takes the three - headed form of sarkar , sahukar ... theory of caste , for example , has non- antagonistic contradiction as its ... VALUE QUESTION 9.
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... value theory rather than culture theory , it remains for me to define the term value in a little more detail as a prelude to outlining the scope and limits of this book . WHAT IS VALUE ? Values are those invisible chains that link ...
... value theory rather than culture theory , it remains for me to define the term value in a little more detail as a prelude to outlining the scope and limits of this book . WHAT IS VALUE ? Values are those invisible chains that link ...
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... theory of value but this can only be appreciated if the methodological limitations of the fieldwork method are seen for what they are . In what follows I will attempt to outline the distinguishing features of the anthropological ...
... theory of value but this can only be appreciated if the methodological limitations of the fieldwork method are seen for what they are . In what follows I will attempt to outline the distinguishing features of the anthropological ...
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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