Anthropology and the Economy of Sharing

• Main Author: Widlok, Thomas
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2017; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Critical Topics in Contemporary Anthropology
• Subjects: Ache Case; Anthropologie; Anthropology; Big; Car Sharing; CKGR; commodity; Cross-cultural studies; Culture; debt; Demand Sharing; Development economics and emerging economies; Development studies; Economic anthropology; Economic aspects; Economic history; Economic theory and philosophy; Economics; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Economy; Egalitarianism; Equality; Ethnologie; exchange; gift; Gift Giving; History; History & Theory of Anthropology; History and Archaeology; Hunter-Gatherer; Interdisciplinary studies; Kinship & Community; KLC; Male Forager; Money; Native Title; Political & Economic Anthropology; Property; Reciprocal Gift Exchange; Reciprocity; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Share Economy; Sharing; Sharing > Economic aspects > Cross-cultural studies; Sharing > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies; Sharing Economy; Silent Demand; Social & Cultural Anthropology; Social and cultural anthropology; society; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology; Tauschwirtschaft; Vice Versa; Voluntary Sharing; Young Men; gift; Male Forager; commodity; San; KLC; NGO Agent; Anthropology; Tolerated Theft; Vice Versa; CKGR; Egalitarianism; PBC; Money; Voluntary Sharing; society; Economy; Sharing; Gift Exchange Systems; Young Men; Equality; Property; Culture; Van Schaik; Big; Native Title; Reciprocal Gift Exchange; Reciprocity; Silent Demand; Aboriginal Corporations; Car Sharing; Ache Case; Sharing Economy; Hunter-Gatherer; Human Foragers; Animal Kingdom; Demand Sharing; Gift Giving; exchange; CBOs; debt
• ISBN: 9781138945555; 1138945544; 9781138945548; 1138945552; 9781317369691; 1317369688; 9781317369684; 9781315671291; 1317369696; 1315671298
• DOI: 10.4324/9781315671291

This book examines the economy of sharing in a variety of social and political contexts around the world, with consideration given to the role of sharing in relation to social order and social change, political power, group formation, individual networks and concepts of personhood. Widlok advocates a refreshingly broad comparative approach to our understanding of sharing, with a rich range of material from hunter-gatherer ethnography alongside debates and empirical illustrations from globalized society, helping students to avoid Western economic bias in their thinking. Anthropology and the Economy of Sharing also demonstrates that sharing is distinct from gift-giving, exchange and reciprocity, which have become dominant themes in economic anthropology, and suggests that a new focus on sharing will have significant repercussions for anthropological theory. Breaking new ground in this key topic, this volume provides students with a coherent and accessible overview of the economy of sharing from an anthropological perspective.