An Anthropology of Money: A Critical Introduction (Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology)

Di Muzio, Tim

ISBN 10: 1138645982 / ISBN 13: 9781138645981

Published by Routledge, 2017

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Series: Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology. Num Pages: 150 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white tables, 18 black & white halftones, 13 bl. BIC Classification: JHM; KCBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. . . 2017. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Anthropology of Money: A Critical Introduction (Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138645982
• ISBN 13: 9781138645981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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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.

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.