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Economies and Cultures : Foundations of Economic Anthropology.

Reconciling Self-Interest and SelflessnessNotes; 4 Social and Political Economy; Social Humans; Power and Politics; Durkheim and the Social Organism; Karl Marx: Putting Politics into the Economy; Varieties of Social and Political Economy; Summary: The Problems of Structure and Agency; Notes; 5 The M...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilk, Richard R.
Otros Autores: Cliggett, Lisa, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Illustrations and Figures; Preface to the Second Edition; 1 Economic Anthropology: An Undisciplined Discipline; Controversy and Social Science; The Formalist-Substantivist Debate; Economic Anthropology After the Great Debate; Can There Be a Conclusion?; Notes; 2 Economics and the Problem of Human Nature; Defining the Economy; Redefining Economic Anthropology; Notes; 3 Self-Interest and Neoclassical Microeconomics; Adam Smith and the Birth of Western Economics; The Foundations of Modern Economics; Neoclassical Microeconomics; Critiques of Formal Economics.
  • Three Analyses of PotlatchingBut What Is a Gift?; Linking Mauss and Marx; Reciprocity and Gifting; Accumulating Value in the Gift; Beyond Value; Mutual Recognition and the Gift; Conclusions; Note; 7 Conclusions: Complex Economic Human Beings; The Case of the Leaking Houses; The Problem of Explaining Things; Resolving the Fundamental Issues; Rethinking Human Nature; Conclusions; Notes; Appendix: Where to Look for More- Finding Literature in Economic Anthropology; Bibliography; Index.