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Dimensions of Ritual Economy
Patricia Ann McAnany (Ed.)
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Description for Dimensions of Ritual Economy
Hardback. Increasingly, economists have acknowledged that a major limitation to economic theory has been its failure to incorporate human values and beliefs as motivational factors. This book explores how values and beliefs structure the dual processes of provisioning and consuming. Editor(s): McAnany, Patricia A. Series Editor(s): Wood, Donald; Bishop, John. Series: Research in Economic Anthropology. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 579.
Increasingly, economists have acknowledged that a major limitation to economic theory has been its failure to incorporate human values and beliefs as motivational factors. Conversely, the economic underpinnings of ritual practice are under-theorized and therefore not accessible to economists working on synthetic theories of human choice. This book addresses the problem by bringing together anthropologists with diverse backgrounds in the study of religion and economy to forge an analytical vocabulary that constitutes the building blocks of a theory of ritual economythe process of provisioning and consuming that materializes and substantiates worldview for managing meanings and shaping interpretations. The chapters in ... Read more
Increasingly, economists have acknowledged that a major limitation to economic theory has been its failure to incorporate human values and beliefs as motivational factors. Conversely, the economic underpinnings of ritual practice are under-theorized and therefore not accessible to economists working on synthetic theories of human choice. This book addresses the problem by bringing together anthropologists with diverse backgrounds in the study of religion and economy to forge an analytical vocabulary that constitutes the building blocks of a theory of ritual economythe process of provisioning and consuming that materializes and substantiates worldview for managing meanings and shaping interpretations. The chapters in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Series
Research in Economic Anthropology
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780762314850
SKU
V9780762314850
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