num_pages: 304
description: In this fascinating volume Kenneth O Doyle provides a conceptual framework for understanding the social meanings of money and property, and the psychological, cultural, economic and political variables which contribute to these meanings. The author advances the concept of money as talisman, by which individuals protect themselves from their individual of incompetence, abandonment, disorganization and constraint - to mention but a few. Examples in support of this argument are drawn from many social systems, contemporary and historical.
language: English
title: The Social Meanings of Money and Property: In Search of a Talisman
titlecomplete: The Social Meanings of Money and Property: In Search of a Talisman
ratings_count: 5
publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc