{"product_id":"economic-persuasions-9781845454364","title":"Economic Persuasions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAs the transition from socialism to a market economy gathered speed in the early 1990s, many people proclaimed the final success of capitalism as a practice and neoliberal economics as its accompanying science. But with the uneven achievements of the “transition”—the deepening problems of “development,” persistent unemployment, the widening of the wealth gap, and expressions of resistance—the discipline of economics is no longer seen as a mirror of reality or as a unified science. How should we understand economics and, more broadly, the organization and disorganization of material life? In this book, international scholars from anthropology and economics adopt a rhetorical perspective in order to make sense of material life and the theories about it. Re-examining central problems in the two fields and using ethnographic and historical examples, they explore the intersections between these disciplines, contrast their methods and epistemologies, and show how a rhetorical approach offers a new mode of analysis while drawing on established contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe volume features contributions from an impressive array of scholars operating at the borders between anthropology, sociology, and economics, and offers much to interest scholars from each of these disciplines.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  JRAI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eStephen Gudeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eStephen Gudeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Simplicity in economic anthropology: Persuasion, form and substance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJames G. Carrier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e The concept of interest as rhetoric – or as a useful social science concept?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRichard Swedberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The new social science imperialism and the problem of knowledge in contemporary economics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eWilliam Milberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e The persuasions of economics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eStephen Gudeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Conversations between anthropologists and economists\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMetin Cosgel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e “The craving for intelligibility:” Speech and silence on the economy under structural adjustment and military rule in Nigeria\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJane Guyer\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eLaRay Denzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Mass-gifts: On gifts in advanced capitalist markets\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eNurit Bird-David\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAsaf Darr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e The persuasive power of money\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKeith Hart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e The money rhetoric in the United States\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRuben George Oliven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e The third way: A cultural economic perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eArjo Klamer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042975187287,"sku":"9781845454364","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845454364.jpg?v=1750956476","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/economic-persuasions-9781845454364","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}