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Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value
Author | : D. Graeber |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2001-12-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780312299064 |
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Now a widely cited classic, this innovative book is the first comprehensive synthesis of economic, political, and cultural theories of value. David Graeber reexamines a century of anthropological thought about value and exchange, in large measure to find a way out of ongoing quandaries in current social theory, which have become critical at the present moment of ideological collapse in the face of Neoliberalism. Rooted in an engaged, dynamic realism, Graeber argues that projects of cultural comparison are in a sense necessarily revolutionary projects: He attempts to synthesize the best insights of Karl Marx and Marcel Mauss, arguing that these figures represent two extreme, but ultimately complementary, possibilities in the shape such a project might take. Graeber breathes new life into the classic anthropological texts on exchange, value, and economy. He rethinks the cases of Iroquois wampum, Pacific kula exchanges, and the Kwakiutl potlatch within the flow of world historical processes, and recasts value as a model of human meaning-making, which far exceeds rationalist/reductive economist paradigms.
Toward An Anthropological Theory of Value
Author | : D. Graeber |
Publsiher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2002-02-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0312240457 |
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This volume is the first comprehensive synthesis of economic, political, and cultural theories of value. David Graeber reexamines a century of anthropological thought about value and exchange, in large measure to find a way out of ongoing quandaries in current social theory, which have become critical at the present moment of ideological collapse in the face of Neoliberalism. Rooted in an engaged, dynamic realism, Graeber argues that projects of cultural comparison are in a sense necessarily revolutionary projects: He attempts to synthesize the best insights of Karl Marx and Marcel Mauss, arguing that these figures represent two extreme, but ultimately complementary, possibilities in the shape such a project might take. Graeber breathes new life into the classic anthropological texts on exchange, value, and economy. He rethinks the cases of Iroquois wampum, Pacific kula exchanges, and the Kwakiutl potlatch within the flow of world historical processes, and recasts value as a model of human meaning-making, which far exceeds rationalist/reductive economist paradigms.
Anthropological Theory for the Twenty First Century
Author | : A. Lynn Bolles,Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz,Bernard C. Perley,Keri Vacanti Brondo |
Publsiher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 477 |
Release | : 2022-03-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781487539078 |
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Anthropological Theory for the Twenty-First Century presents a critical approach to the study of anthropological theory for the next generation of aspiring anthropologists. Through a carefully curated selection of readings, this collection reflects the diversity of scholars who have long contributed to the development of anthropological theory, incorporating writings by scholars of color, non-Western scholars, and others whose contributions have historically been under-acknowledged. The volume puts writings from established canonical thinkers, such as Marx, Boas, and Foucault, into productive conversations with Du Bois, Ortiz, Medicine, Trouillot, Said, and many others. The editors also engage in critical conversations surrounding the "canon" itself, including its colonial history and decolonial potential. Updating the canon with late twentieth-century and early twenty-first-century scholarship, this reader includes discussions of contemporary theories such as queer theory, decolonial theory, ontology, and anti-racism. Each section is framed by clear and concise editorial introductions that place the readings in context and conversation with each other, as well as questions and glossaries to guide reader comprehension. A dynamic companion website features additional resources, including links to videos, podcasts, articles, and more.
Constituent Imagination
Author | : Stevphen Shukaitis,David Graeber,Erika Biddle |
Publsiher | : AK Press |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1904859356 |
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From the ivory tower to the barricades! Radical intellectuals explore the relationship between research and resistance.
Values of Happiness
Author | : Iza Kavedzija,Harry Walker |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2016-12-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0986132578 |
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How people conceive of happiness reveals much about who they are and the values they hold dear. Drawing on ethnographic insights from diverse field sites around the world, this book offers a unique window onto the ways in which people grapple with fundamental questions about how to live and what it means to be human. Developing a distinctly anthropological approach concerned less with gauging how happy people are than with how happiness figures as an idea, mood, and motive in everyday life, the book explores how people strive to live well within challenging or even hostile circumstances. The contributors explore how happiness intersects with dominant social values as well as an array of aims and aspirations that are potentially conflicting, demonstrating that not every kind of happiness is seen as a worthwhile aim or evaluated in positive moral terms. In tracing this link between different conceptions of happiness and their evaluations, the book engages some of the most fundamental questions concerning human happiness: What is it and how is it achieved? Is happiness everywhere a paramount value or aim in life? How does it relate to other ideas of the good? What role does happiness play in orienting peoples' desires and life choices? Taking these questions seriously, the book draws together considerations of meaning, values, and affect, while recognizing the diversity of human ends.
The Rise of Anthropological Theory
Author | : Marvin Harris |
Publsiher | : Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages | : 824 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0759101337 |
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The best known, most often cited history of anthropological theory is finally available in paperback! First published in 1968, Harris's book has been cited in over 1,000 works and is one of the key documents explaining cultural materialism, the theory associated with Harris's work. This updated edition included the complete 1968 text plus a new introduction by Maxine Margolis, which discusses the impact of the book and highlights some of the major trends in anthropological theory since its original publication. RAT, as it is affectionately known to three decades of graduate students, comprehensively traces the history of anthropology and anthropological theory, culminating in a strong argument for the use of a scientific, behaviorally-based, etic approach to the understanding of human culture known as cultural materialism. Despite its popularity and influence on anthropological thinking, RAT has never been available in paperback_until now. It is an essential volume for the library of all anthropologists, their graduate students, and other theorists in the social sciences.
Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology
Author | : David Graeber |
Publsiher | : Prickly Paradigm |
Total Pages | : 105 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0972819649 |
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In this work, David Graeber explores the implications of linking anthropology to anarchism.
Revolutions in Reverse
Author | : David Graeber |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Anti-globalization movement |
ISBN | : 1570272433 |
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Today's capitalist systems appear to be coming apart - but what is the alternative? In a generation or so, capitalism may no longer exist as it's impossible to maintain perpetual growth on a finite planet. David Graeber explores political strategy, global trade, violence, alienation and creativity looking for a new common sense.