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Introduction: money and the morality of exchange
Jonathan Parry,Maurice Bloch +1 more
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In this article, the symbolic representation of money in a range of different societies, and more specifically with the moral evaluation of monetary and commercial exchanges, is discussed, emphasizing the enormous cultural variation in the way money is symbolized and how this symbolism relates to culturally constructed notions of production, consumption, circulation and exchange.Abstract:
This collection is concerned with the symbolic representation of money in a range of different societies, and more specifically with the moral evaluation of monetary and commercial exchanges. It focuses on the different cultural meanings surrounding monetary transactions, emphasizing the enormous cultural variation in the way money is symbolized and how this symbolism relates to culturally constructed notions of production, consumption, circulation, and exchange.read more
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