Of Relations and the Dead
Four Societies Viewed from the Angle of Their Exchanges
1st Edition
Published on 13. September 2020
132 pages
978-1-000-32333-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-000-32333-7 (9781000323337)
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Additional editions
Cecile Barraud | Daniel de Coppet | Andre Iteanu
Of Relations and the Dead
Four Societies Viewed from the Angle of Their Exchanges
Book
10/1994
1st Edition
Berg Publishers
€205.50
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Cecile Barraud | Daniel de Coppet | Andre Iteanu
Of Relations and the Dead
Four Societies Viewed from the Angle of Their Exchanges
Book
10/1994
1st Edition
Berg Publishers
€54.20
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
Persons
Cecile Barraud, Charge de Recherche,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Paris Daniel de Coppet, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris Andre Iteanu, Charge de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.),Paris Raymond Jamous, Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), France Translated from the French by Stephen J. Suffern
Content
Introduction - The Vocabulary of Exchanges - The Exchanges - The Exchanges of Each Society Considered as a Whole - Exchanges, Wholes, Comparison
