Dimensions of ritual economy

• Other Authors: Wells, E. Christian, McAnany, Patricia Ann
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2008.
• Series: Research in economic anthropology ; v. 27.
• Subjects: Economic anthropology.; Ritual > Economic aspects.; Ritual > Cross-cultural studies.; Commerce > Social aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books

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...