An Anthropology of Money - Couverture souple

Di Muzio, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1138646008 ISBN 13 : 9781138646001

Editeur : Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

An Anthropology of Money: A Critical Introduction shows how our present monetary system was imposed by elites and how they benefit from it. The book poses the question: how, by looking at different forms of money, can we appreciate that they have different effects? The authors demonstrate how modern money requires perpetual growth, an increase in inequality, environmental devastation, increasing commoditization, and, consequently, the perpetual consumption of ever more stuff. These are not intrinsic features of money, but, rather, of debt-money. This text shows that, through studying money in other cultures, we can have money that better serves the broader goals of society.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tim Di Muzio is Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry at the University of Wollongong.

Richard H. Robbins is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Anthropology at SUNY at Plattsburgh.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138646008
• ISBN 13: 9781138646001
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 150
• Éditeur: Robbins Richard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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