An anthropology of money : a critical introduction / Tim DiMuzio and Richard H. Robbins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DiMuzio, Tim, author.

Robbins, Richard H. (Richard Howard), 1940- author.

Series:

Routledge series for creative teaching and learning in anthropology

The Routledge series for creative teaching and learning in anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money.

Money--History.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 139 pages ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: the confusion over money

Theory, history and money

Modern money : credit money and the consequences

The future of money and its possibilities

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138645981

1138645982

9781138646001

1138646008

OCLC:

978250320