02523nam 2200601 a 450 991079136250332120230721012218.00-85745-799-31-282-62706-697866126270640-85745-131-610.1515/9780857451316(CKB)2560000000012149(EBL)544369(OCoLC)645101123(SSID)ssj0000431954(PQKBManifestationID)12142613(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431954(PQKBWorkID)10493318(PQKB)10703114(MiAaPQ)EBC544369(DE-B1597)636924(DE-B1597)9780857451316(EXLCZ)99256000000001214920080222d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEconomy's tension[electronic resource] the dialectics of community and market /Stephen GudemanNew York Berghahn Books20081 online resource (196 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-788-8 1-84545-514-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-181) and index.Models, mutuality, and trade -- Exchange as mutuality -- Trade's reason -- Property and base -- Contingency or necessity? The dialectic of practices -- Making money -- Seeking a balance.Why are we obsessed with calculating our selections? The author argues that competitive trade nurtures calculative reason, which provides the ground for most discourses on economy. But market descriptions of economy are incomplete. Drawing on a range of materials from small ethnographic contexts to global financial markets, the author shows that economy is dialectically made up of two value realms, termed mutuality and impersonal trade. One or the other may be dominant; however, market reason usually cascades into and debases the mutuality on which it depends. Using this cross-cultural model, Economic anthropologyEconomicsSociological aspectsEconomic anthropology.EconomicsSociological aspects.306.3330.1Gudeman Stephen864147MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791362503321Economy's tension3751039UNINA