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.
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.
A. David Napier is Professor of Medical Anthropology at University College London and founding Director of the University's Centre for Applied Global Citizenship.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface: Thing in Themselves Introduction Preamble to the Workbook: Rights or Rites? Part 1: Things and People Exercise #1: Shaping Behavior Chapter 1: Meaning and Property Practicum #1: Securing Indigenous Rights Part II: Things and Places Exercise #2: Creating Local Value Chapter 2: A Sense of Place Practicum #2: Valuing Indigenous ''Property'' Part III: Things Across Cultures Exercise #3: Giving and Receiving Chapter 3: Exchange and Value Practicum #3: Responding to Global Forces, or, ''Kula International'' Part IV: Realizing Ritual Exercise #4: Changing Paradigms Chapter 4: Why Animism Matters Practicum #4: Assessing Cognitive Diversity Part V: Epilogue Postscript: The Value of Public Anthropology Notes Bibliography Index
Preface: Thing in Themselves Introduction Preamble to the Workbook: Rights or Rites? Part 1: Things and People Exercise #1: Shaping Behavior Chapter 1: Meaning and Property Practicum #1: Securing Indigenous Rights Part II: Things and Places Exercise #2: Creating Local Value Chapter 2: A Sense of Place Practicum #2: Valuing Indigenous ''Property'' Part III: Things Across Cultures Exercise #3: Giving and Receiving Chapter 3: Exchange and Value Practicum #3: Responding to Global Forces, or, ''Kula International'' Part IV: Realizing Ritual Exercise #4: Changing Paradigms Chapter 4: Why Animism Matters Practicum #4: Assessing Cognitive Diversity Part V: Epilogue Postscript: The Value of Public Anthropology Notes Bibliography Index
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