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PublisherHau Books
ISBN-101914363078
ISBN-139781914363078
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Number of Pages274 Pages
Publication NameOutline of the Origins of Money
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEconomic History, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Economics / Theory
Publication Year2024
TypeTextbook
AuthorHeinrich Schurtz
Subject AreaSocial Science, Business & Economics
SeriesClassics in Ethnographic Theory Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
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ReviewsWhat are the origins of money? According to Heinrich Schurtz, only Indigenous peoples have an answer to this question. Thereby, he brings his readers through a journey into the material forms and social uses of money across the globe. With this translation, a hidden gem will become a classic for scholars interested in how money is made, accepted, and transformed by people daily using it., What does Heinrich Schurtz have to say? Money is not just, or even primarily, a means of facilitating exchange. Heinrich Schurtz finds its origin - and paradigm - in the aesthetic radiance that certain ornaments exert on human minds, arousing 'the envy of fellows and the admiration of women'; what he calls 'inside money'. By meeting the needs of commerce, this primary social power is transmuted into purchasing power, giving rise to the money we know. We must thank Enrique Martino and Mario Schmidt for placing these valuable reflections in our hands., A classic to reflect on the meaning not only of money, but more generally of the concept of wealth, written by an ethnologist at the end of the nineteenth century. The author attributes multiple roles to money, far beyond that of a mere unit of account or a means to facilitate exchanges. The book helps investors to reflect on issues that are too often assumed to be immutable elements of our society, but also to understand the ongoing transition, in which new forms of money will play a primary role., Heinrich Schurtz's Outlines of the Origin of Money brings to light the brilliance of an intellectual journey cut short. This work positions Schurtz as a 'minor classic,' comparable to Marcel Mauss, and more than a historical curiosity for specialists only. Unrecognized yet subliminally influential, Schurtz straddles the line between the greats like Weber and Simmel and the era-specific figures such as Bücher and Sombart., Around the world in eighty currencies. Schurtz's book is a pioneering contribution to define the concept of money in the horizon of global culture. A passionate ethnographic campaign to discover the economic customs of humankind, in its historical evolution, among the most diverse cultures, in the extraordinary polymorphism of the media of currencies.
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Table Of ContentForeword: The Institutional-Systemic Origins of Money, by Michael Hudson Introduction: Heinrich Schurtz's Anthropology of Money, by Enrique Martino and Mario Schmidt CHAPTER 1 Anthropology and Economics. The Natural Monetary System CHAPTER 2 The Beginnings of Property. Measure of Value and Valuable Property. The Origin of Inside-Money CHAPTER 3 Forms of Inside-Money CHAPTER 4 Sign-Money CHAPTER 5 Sacred Money CHAPTER 6 Accumulation of Property by Individuals. Countermeasures CHAPTER 7 The Influence of External Trade. Primitive Forms of Exchange. Outside-Money CHAPTER 8 The Fusion of Inside- and Outside-Money CHAPTER 9 Overview of Primitive Money. Ornament-Money in General. Shell-Money CHAPTER 10 Other Types of Ornament-Money CHAPTER 11 Metal as Ornament and Money CHAPTER 12 Clothes and Fabric-Money CHAPTER 13 Use-Money. Food and Stimulants CHAPTER 14 Iron-Money CHAPTER 15 Other Types of Use-Money CHAPTER 16 Monetary Systems and Value Ratios CHAPTER 17 Anthropogeographical Considerations. Ethnographic Zones CHAPTER 18 Money and Commodity. Conclusion. Supplements Notes Editorial and Translation Note References Editorial References
SynopsisHeinrich Schurtz's 1898 book has been a touchstone for economic historians, anthropologists, and philosophers interested in the nature and origins of money in various societies, including Georg Simmel, Max Weber, Marcel Mauss, and Karl Polanyi. Schurtz experimented with concepts about money, going beyond traditional economic paradigms. Drawing on an extensive range of archaeological and ethnographic sources, he reframed a theory of money to include its materiality, symbolic nature, relationship to forms of property, and its dual origin in "outside-" and "inside-money" While not well known today, its innovative synthesis offers galvanizing questions and insights into how value relations are formed and how currency systems are interrelated., A new English translation of a forgotten German text that influenced cultural understanding of money in the early twentieth century. "On this subject, I only knew the excellent little book by the late Schurtz"--Marcel Mauss, 1914, Les origines de la notion de monnaie . Heinrich Schurtz's 1898 book has been a touchstone for economic historians, anthropologists, and philosophers interested in the nature and origins of money in various societies, including Georg Simmel, Max Weber, Marcel Mauss, and Karl Polanyi. In his brief book, Schurtz experimented with concepts about money, going beyond traditional economic paradigms. Drawing on an extensive range of archaeological and ethnographic sources, he reframed a theory of money to include its materiality, symbolic nature, relationship to forms of property, and its dual origin in "outside money" and "inside money." While it is not well known today, it was important to the theorization of money in the first half of the 20th century and its innovative synthesis offers galvanizing questions and insights into how value relations are formed and how currency systems are interrelated.
