Sobre la cultura del valor material y la cosmografía de la riqueza
Palabras clave:
economía, valor, moneda, alteridad, Mauss, PolanyiResumen
Este trabajo trata el tema del valor y de cómo la economía fracasa como ciencia del valor al desterrar la cultura al estatus de los “valores exógenos.” Esta tesis es demostrada recurriendo a un estudio de índole antropológica sobre el origen externo de la riqueza. Algunas de las conclusiones: el dinero (“propiedad mágica”) como un medio antes que como una antítesis del parentesco extendido; la rareza como función del valor antes que el valor como función de la rareza; y otras contradicciones de esta clase propias de la “sabiduría equivocada”.
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