ISBN:
9781782385707
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 204 S.)
Series Statement:
Max Planck studies in anthropology and economy Volume 1
Series Statement:
Max Planck studies in anthropology and economy
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Economic anthropology Case studies
;
Economic anthropology Case studies
;
Rites and ceremonies Case studies Economic aspects
;
Rites and ceremonies Case studies Economic aspects
;
Post-communism Case studies Social aspects
;
Post-communism Case studies Social aspects
;
Europe, Eastern Case studies Social life and customs
;
Former Soviet republics Case studies Social life and customs
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
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
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