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An Anthropology of Money (Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology) - Hardcover

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Di Muzio, Tim; Robbins, Richard

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9781138645981: An Anthropology of Money (Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology)
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ISBN 10: 1138645982 ISBN 13: 9781138645981
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Tim Di Muzio is Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry at the University of Wollongong.

Richard H. Robbins is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Anthropology at SUNY at Plattsburgh.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138645982
ISBN 13 
9781138645981
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
150
Rating
  • 3.91 out of 5 stars
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