Description: Further DetailsTitle: Dimensions of Ritual EconomyCondition: NewFormat: HardbackEAN: 9780762314850ISBN: 9780762314850Publisher: JAI Press Inc.Release Date: 05/05/2008Description: Increasingly, economists have acknowledged that a major limitation to economic theory has been its failure to incorporate human values and beliefs as motivational factors. Conversely, the economic underpinnings of ritual practice are under-theorized and therefore not accessible to economists working on synthetic theories of human choice. This book addresses the problem by bringing together anthropologists with diverse backgrounds in the study of religion and economy to forge an analytical vocabulary that constitutes the building blocks of a theory of ritual economythe process of provisioning and consuming that materializes and substantiates worldview for managing meanings and shaping interpretations. The chapters in Part I explore how values and beliefs structure the dual processes of provisioning and consuming. Contributions to Part II consider how ritual and economic processes interlink to materialize and substantiate worldview. Chapters in Part III examine how people and institutions craft and assert worldview through ritual and economic action to manage meaning and shape interpretation. In Part IV, Jeremy Sabloff outlines the road ahead for developing the theory of ritual economy. By focusing on the intersection of cosmology and material transfers, the contributors push economic theory towards a more socially informed perspective.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 17mmItem Weight: 579gContributor: E. Christian Wells (Volume editor), Patricia Ann McAnany (Edited by), Patricia A. McAnany (Volume editor), John A. Bishop (Series edited by), Donald C. Wood (Series edited by)Genre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Business & FinanceBook Series: Research in Economic AnthropologyAuthor: E. Christian WellsRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Dimensions of Ritual Economy
Title: Dimensions of Ritual Economy
EAN: 9780762314850
ISBN: 9780762314850
Release Date: 05/05/2008
Release Year: 2008
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Donald C. Wood (Series edited by)
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Business & Finance
Number of Pages: 286 Pages
Publication Name: Dimensions of Ritual Economy
Language: English
Publisher: Emerald Publishing The Limited
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Economics / Theory
Item Weight: 20.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Patricia A. Mcanany
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Business & Economics
Series: Research in Economic Anthropology Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
