Introduction to an anthropology of wealth

被引:16
作者
Rakopoulos, Theodoros
Rio, Knut
机构
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
Wealth; anthropology of wealth; capital; power; the commons; COMMONWEALTH; MONEY;
D O I
10.1080/02757206.2018.1460600
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
In this introduction, we aim to demystify the concept of wealth, too entangled in financial discourses, which have generally reduced it to 'accumulated assets'. This is at odds with the intricate cultural history of wealth as a concept, as well as with abundant anthropological accounts, instead defining wealth as a question of reproduction, relational flows and life vitality. When we view wealth as firstly a product of relational capacities, we begin to understand the processes wherein it is constantly being pulled at from forces that demand appropriation, be that finance, community or state. We therefore outline wealth as a triangular phenomenon between capital, the commons, and power. Careful at the dynamics between such forces, we structure our analysis around the paradoxical social processes where wealth, originating in every day relationships and human reproduction, is continually exposed to claims - such as market alienation, but also 'commoning', or governmental state control.
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页码:275 / 291
页数:17
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