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Translated from the French by Stephen J. Suffern Exchanges are fundamental to human societies. The authors show that the study of exchanges not only serves as a key to understanding particular societies as totalities but also helps to frame a comparative mode of analysis expressed in terms of a hierarchy of values. Starting with a comparative analysis of the different vocabularies used when dealing with exchange, the authors go on to provide a detailed account of how each society's exchanges form a genuine value-oriented system. Their conclusions shed light on important issues in anthropology such as the difference between subject and object; the construction of the person in the matrix of social relations; and the contrast between 'socio-cosmic' systems and other societies which recognize a universal term of reference beyond their community.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139780854969531
eBay Product ID (ePID)90026854
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Number of Pages132 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameOf Relations and the Dead: Four Societies Viewed from the Angle of Their Exchanges
Publication Year1994
SubjectAnthropology
TypeTextbook
AuthorAndre Iteanu, Daniel De Coppet, Cecile Barraud, Raymond Jamous
SeriesExplorations in Anthropology
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Width138 mm
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EditorAndre Iteanu, Daniel De Coppet, Cecile Barraud, Raymond Jamous
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom