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.
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