Making Things Better: A Workbook on Ritual, Cultural Values, and Environmental Behavior (Oxford Ritual Studies)

Napier, A. David

ISBN 10: 0199969353 / ISBN 13: 9780199969357

Published by Oxford University Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Things Better: A Workbook on Ritual, Cultural Values, and Environmental Behavior (Oxford Ritual Studies)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199969353
• ISBN 13: 9780199969357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

In Making Things Better, A. David Napier demonstrates how anthropological description of non-Western exchange practices and beliefs can be a tonic for contemporary economic systems in which our impersonal relationship to ''things'' transforms the animate elements of social life into inanimate sets of commodities. His arguments also have implications for the rights and legal status of indigenous peoples, which are drawn out in the course of the book.

About the Author

A. David Napier is Professor of Medical Anthropology at University College London and founding Director of the University's Centre for Applied Global Citizenship.