The World of Goods - Couverture souple

Douglas, Mary; Isherwood, Baron

 
9780367679828: The World of Goods

Synopsis

A radical rethinking of consumerism, inequality and social capital, The World of Goods is a classic of economic anthropology whose insights remain compelling and urgent. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by Richard Wilk.

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À propos de l?auteur

Mary Douglas (1921-2007) was one of the leading anthropologists of her generation. She studied anthropology at Oxford University before undertaking fieldwork with the Lele people in the Congo. She completed her doctorate in 1952 and accepted an appointment at University College London, where she was instrumental in establishing the department, remaining for twenty-five years. Her first book, Purity and Danger (1966), studied the concepts of pollution and taboo and is regarded as a classic of social anthropology. From the mid-1970s to 1980s she held a variety of appointments in the United States, in New York and Northwestern University, Illinois. She was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1989 and made a distinguished fellow of University College London in 1994. In 1992 she was appointed CBE, and later DBE in 2007.

Baron Isherwood is an English economist and specialist on consumer behaviour, currently with the Department of Health and Social Security in the United Kingdom.

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A radical rethinking of consumerism, inequality and social capital, The World of Goods is a classic of economic anthropology whose insights remain compelling and urgent. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by Richard Wilk.

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9780367679842: The World of Goods

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0367679841 ISBN 13 :  9780367679842
Editeur : Routledge, 2021
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