Economy and ritual : studies of postsocialist transformations /

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According to accepted wisdom, rational practices and ritual action are opposed. Rituals drain wealth from capital investment and draw on a mode of thought different from practical ideas. The studies in this volume contest this view. Comparative, historical, and contemporary, the six ethnographies ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gudeman, Stephen F. (Editor ), Hann, C. M., 1953- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.
Colección:Max Planck studies in anthropology and economy.
Temas:
Economic anthropology > Europe, Eastern > Case studies.
Economic anthropology > Former Soviet republics > Case studies.
Rites and ceremonies > Economic aspects > Europe, Eastern > Case studies.
Rites and ceremonies > Economic aspects > Former Soviet republics > Case studies.
Post-communism > Social aspects > Europe, Eastern > Case studies.
Post-communism > Social aspects > Former Soviet republics > Case studies.
Anthropologie économique > Europe de l'Est > Études de cas.
Anthropologie économique > Ex-URSS > Études de cas.
Rites et cérémonies > Aspect économique > Europe de l'Est > Études de cas.
Rites et cérémonies > Aspect économique > Ex-URSS > Études de cas.
Postcommunisme > Aspect social > Europe de l'Est > Études de cas.
Postcommunisme > Aspect social > Ex-URSS > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Economy.
Economic anthropology
Manners and customs
Post-communism > Social aspects
Europe, Eastern > Social life and customs > Case studies.
Former Soviet republics > Social life and customs > Case studies.
Europe de l'Est > Mœurs et coutumes > Études de cas.
Ex-URSS > Mœurs et coutumes > Études de cas.
Eastern Europe
Soviet Union > Former Soviet republics
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:According to accepted wisdom, rational practices and ritual action are opposed. Rituals drain wealth from capital investment and draw on a mode of thought different from practical ideas. The studies in this volume contest this view. Comparative, historical, and contemporary, the six ethnographies extend from Macedonia to Kyrgyzstan. Each one illuminates the economic and ritual changes in an area as it emerged from socialism and (re- )entered market society. Cutting against the idea that economy only means markets and that market action exhausts the meaning of economy, the studies show that muc.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782385707
1782385703
1785335197
9781785335198

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