{"product_id":"anthropology-and-the-economy-of-sharing-by-thomas-widlok-9781138945548","title":"Anthropology and the Economy of Sharing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWidlok 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 globalised society, helping students to avoid Western economic bias in their thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnthropology and the Economy of Sharing\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Open Access version of this book, available at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\"\u003eTaylor Francis\u003c\/a\u003e, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 license. Open Access funding of this book was made possible through the Leo Spitzer Prize of the University of Cologne. This generous funding is gratefully acknowledged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605003387116,"sku":"9781138945548","price":98.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138945548-anthropology-and-the-economy-of-sharing.jpg?v=1778119708","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/anthropology-and-the-economy-of-sharing-by-thomas-widlok-9781138945548","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}