Traditionally viewed as an abstraction, the quantative nature of money is essential in evaluating the relationship between monetary systems and society. On the Qualities of Quantity moves beyond abstraction, exploring the conceptual diversity and everyday enactment of money's quantity.
Traditionally viewed as an abstraction, the quantative nature of money is essential in evaluating the relationship between monetary systems and society. On the Qualities of Quantity moves beyond abstraction, exploring the conceptual diversity and everyday enactment of money's quantity.
Mario Schmidt is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School of the Humanities at the University of Cologne. He has published in journals including Africa, Ethnohistory, and HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. His research interests include the rise of behavioral economics in East Africa, the importance of part-whole relations for an understanding of money, and the impact of concepts from the natural sciences on the development of Émile Durkheim's and Marcel Mauss's thought.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: The Quality of Quantity: Monetary Amounts and Their Materialities Sandy Ross, Mario Schmidt, and Ville Koskinen Chapter 1. Is Gold Jewelry Money? Peter Oakley Chapter 2. Injury and Measurement: Jacob Grimm on Blood Money and Concrete Quantification Anna Echterhölter Chapter 3. Five Thousand, 5,00, and Five Thousands: Disentangling Ruble Quantities and Qualities Sandy Ross Chapter 4. "Money is Life:" Quantity, Social Freedom, and Combinatory Practices in Western Kenya Mario Schmidt Chapter 5. Money and Morality of Commensuration: Currencies of Poverty in Post-Soviet Cuba Martin Holbraad Chapter 6. 'Money on the Street' as a Hoard: How Informal Moneylenders Remain Unbanked Martin Fotta Chapter 7. What is Money? A Definition Beyond Materiality and Quantity Emanuel Seitz Afterword Nigel Dodd
Introduction: The Quality of Quantity: Monetary Amounts and Their Materialities Sandy Ross, Mario Schmidt, and Ville Koskinen Chapter 1. Is Gold Jewelry Money? Peter Oakley Chapter 2. Injury and Measurement: Jacob Grimm on Blood Money and Concrete Quantification Anna Echterhölter Chapter 3. Five Thousand, 5,00, and Five Thousands: Disentangling Ruble Quantities and Qualities Sandy Ross Chapter 4. "Money is Life:" Quantity, Social Freedom, and Combinatory Practices in Western Kenya Mario Schmidt Chapter 5. Money and Morality of Commensuration: Currencies of Poverty in Post-Soviet Cuba Martin Holbraad Chapter 6. 'Money on the Street' as a Hoard: How Informal Moneylenders Remain Unbanked Martin Fotta Chapter 7. What is Money? A Definition Beyond Materiality and Quantity Emanuel Seitz Afterword Nigel Dodd
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