Economies and cultures : foundations of economic anthropology / Richard R. Wilk and Lisa Cliggett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilk, Richard R., author.

Cliggett, Lisa, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 236 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed. / Richard R. Wilk and Lisa Cliggett.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

More than any other anthropological subdiscipline, economic anthropology constantly questions and debates the practical motives of people as they go about their daily lives. Tracing the history of the dialog between anthropology and economics, Richard R. Wilk and Lisa C. Cliggett move economic anthropology beyond the narrow concerns of earlier debates and place the field directly at the center of current issues in the social sciences. They focus on the unique strengths of economic anthropology as a meeting place for symbolic and materialist approaches and for understanding human beings as both practical and cultural. In so doing, the authors argue for the wider relevance of economic anthropology to applied anthropology and identify other avenues for interaction with economics, sociology, and other social and behavioral sciences. The second edition of Economies and Societies contains an entirely new chapter on gifts and exchange that critically approaches the new literature in this area, as well as a thoroughly updated bibliography and guide for students for finding case studies in economic anthropology.

Contents:

chapter 1 Economic Anthropology An Undisciplined Discipline / Richard R. Wilk Lisa Cliggett

chapter 2 Economics and the Problem of Human Nature / Richard R. Wilk Lisa Cliggett

chapter 3 Self-Interest and Neoclassical Microeconomics / Richard R. Wilk Lisa Cliggett

chapter 4 Social and Political Economy / Richard R. Wilk Lisa Cliggett

chapter 5 The Moral Human Cultural Economics / Richard R. Wilk Lisa Cliggett

chapter 6 Gifts and Exchange / Richard R. Wilk Lisa Cliggett

chapter 7 Conclusions Complex Economic Human Beings / Richard R. Wilk Lisa Cliggett.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-429-97489-2

0-429-96381-5

0-367-31929-2

0-429-49526-9

1-281-60722-3

9786613787934

0-7867-3445-0

9780429495267

OCLC:

769189414