Economy and Ritual : : Studies of Postsocialist Transformations / / ed. by Chris Hann, Stephen Gudeman.

According to accepted wisdom, rational practices and ritual action are opposed. Rituals drain wealth from capital investment and draw on a mode of thought different from practical ideas. The studies in this volume contest this view. Comparative, historical, and contemporary, the six ethnographies ex...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy ; 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (214 p.)
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