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Author Widlok, Thomas

Title Anthropology and the Economy of Sharing
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (217 pages)
Series Critical Topics in Contemporary Anthropology
Critical topics in contemporary anthropology.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Introduction: Sharing -- an alternative; 1. This is not a gift; Introduction; Ceci n'est pas un don; The myth of reciprocity; The realities of sharing; Conclusion; 2. Sharing the prey: Evolutionary assumptions; Introduction; Origins of sharing; Assessing the primate heritage; The sharing curve; From origin to function; The risk-reduction function; The levelling function; The versatility of sharing; Conclusion; 3. The ethnography of sharing demand; Introduction
Sharing as a complex institutionSharing and kinship; The language of sharing; Sharing and bodily presence; Opportunities instead of obligations; Making and unmaking demands; Conclusion; 4. The things we share; Introduction; Affording to share; Sharing big items and big packages; Sharing commensality; Sharing a place; Sharing Halbzeug in a community of practice; Conclusion; 5. It is a shareholder's world; Introduction; To hold a share -- and to hold on to it; Corporate holding and incorporated holding; Becoming a shareholder; Being a claimant; Sharing in the time of shareholding; Conclusion
6. Introducing the sharing economyIntroduction; Sharing economy as the answer -- what was the question?; When "sharing" is renting (out); When "sharing" means having and insisting on keeping; When "sharers" insist on giving; When paying tax means enabling sharing; When "sharing" is just a button; Conclusion; 7. The time to share; Introduction; Oversharing -- sharing all over?; Premature giving; Belated giving; Picking the right time; Ultimate sharing: Sharing to the end -- but not beyond; Conclusion; Conclusions: The limits of sharing and the finite self; Bibliography; Index
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Subject Sharing -- Economic aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
Sharing -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
Economic anthropology.
Economic anthropology
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317369691
1317369696