Of Relations and the Dead: Four Societies Viewed from the Angle of Their Exchanges
By:
Sign Up Now!
Already a Member? Log In
You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title.
Learn about membership options,
or view our freely available titles.
- Synopsis
- Exchanges are fundamental to human societies. The authors show that the study of exchanges not only serves as a key to understanding particular societies as totalities but also helps to frame a comparative mode of analysis expressed in terms of a hierarchy of values. Starting with a comparative analysis of the different vocabularies used when dealing with exchange, the authors go on to provide a detailed account of how each society's exchanges form a genuine value-oriented system. Their conclusions shed light on important issues in anthropology such as the difference between subject and object; the construction of the person in the matrix of social relations; and the contrast between 'socio-cosmic' systems and other societies which recognize a universal term of reference beyond their community.
- Copyright:
- 1994
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781000323337
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781003135234, 9781859730461, 9780854969531
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 09/14/20
- Copyrighted By:
- C
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Cecile Barraud
- Edited by:
- Daniel de Coppet
- Edited by:
- Andre Iteanu
- Edited by:
- Raymond Jamous
Reviews
Other Books
- by Cécile Barraud; Daniel de Coppet; André Iteanu; Raymond Jamous; Stephen J. Suffem
- in Nonfiction
- in Social Studies