Economy and Ritual

Economy and Ritual
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 9781782385707
ISBN-13 : 1782385703
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Book Synopsis Economy and Ritual by : Stephen Gudeman

Download or read book Economy and Ritual written by Stephen Gudeman and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 much of what is critical for a people’s economic life takes place outside markets and hinges on ritual, understood as the negation of the everyday world of economising.


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