2nd Edition
Economies and Cultures Foundations of Economic Anthropology
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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This synthesis of modern economic anthropology goes to the heart of a thriving subdiscipline and identifies the fundamental practical and theoretical problems that give economic anthropology its unique strengths and vision.
More than any other anthropological subdiscipline, economic anthropology constantly questions and debates the practical motives of people as they go about their daily lives.... Read more
Preface to the Second Edition -- Economic Anthropology An Undisciplined Discipline -- Economics and the Problem of Human Nature -- Self-Interest and Neoclassical Microeconomics -- Social and Political Economy -- The Moral Human Cultural Economics -- Gifts and Exchange -- Conclusions Complex Economic Human Beings -- Appendix
Biography
Richard Wilk is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University Bloomington, USA.
Lisa Cliggett is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky, USA.
