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An Anthropology of Money: A Critical Introduction
Tim Di Muzio
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Paperback. Series: Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology. Num Pages: 150 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white tables, 18 black & white halftones, 13 bl. BIC Classification: JHM; KCBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138646001
SKU
V9781138646001
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About Tim Di Muzio
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.
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