Dimensions of ritual economy

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wells, E. Christian, McAnany, Patricia Ann
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2008.
• Σειρά: Research in economic anthropology ; v. 27.
• Θέματα: Business & Economics > Economics > General.; Social Science > Anthropology > General.; Economic theory & philosophy.; Anthropology.; Economic anthropology.; Ritual > Economic aspects.; Ritual > Cross-cultural studies.; Commerce > Social aspects.

Increasingly, economists have acknowledged that a major limitation to economic theory has been its failure to incorporate human values and beliefs as motivational factors. Conversely, the economic underpinnings of ritual practice are under-theorized and therefore not accessible to economists working...

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• Toward a theory of ritual economy / Patricia A. McAnany, E. Christian Wells
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• Environmental worldview and ritual economy among the Honduran Lenca / E. Christian Wells, Karla L. Davis-Salazar
• Liturgical forms of economic allocations / John Monaghan
• Shaping social difference : political and ritual economy of Classic Maya royal courts / Patricia A. McAnany
• Gifting the children : ritual economy of a community school / Rhoda H. Halperin
• Considerations of ritual economy / Jeremy A. Sabloff
• Crafting the sacred : ritual places and paraphernalia in small-scale societies / Katherine A. Spielmann
• The political ecology of ritual feasting / E. Paul Durrenberger
• Ritual economy among the Nahua of Northern Veracruz, Mexico / Alan R. Sandstrom.