The hypostasis of money: an economic point of view
The purpose of this article is to show that money is not an entity but hic et nunc a genuine mode of circulation associated with a genuine social organisation. Criticising money hypostasis may help to to: (i) elucidate the ambivalence of monetary relations in our modern society (equivalence and subordination); (ii) criticise the idea that 'primitive monies' are nothing but imperfect forms of our modern money and show that exotic societies are worth studying for themselves; and (iii) relativise the knowledge we have about our societies and to develop comparative analysis. A sketchy comparison between wodani society and ours suggests that an abduction relation exists between money and society. Copyright 2007, Oxford University Press.
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2007
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Authors: | Cartelier, Jean |
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Cambridge Journal of Economics. - Oxford University Press. - Vol. 31.2007, 2, p. 217-233
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