Debt in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East credit, money, and social obligation
"This volume reconsiders the economic history of the ancient and late ancient Mediterranean and Near East from the perspective of David Graeber's anthropological theory. It pursues two purposes. On the one hand, it tests the accuracy of the grand narrative put forward in his 2011 monograph...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY, United States of America
Oxford University Press
2023
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Schulden
> Altertum
> Wirtschaftsgeschichte
> Mittelmeerraum
> Mittlerer Osten
> Debt / Mediterranean Area / History
> Credit / Mediterranean Area / History
> Money / Mediterranean Area / History
> Debt / Middle East / History
> Credit / Middle East / History
> Money / Middle East / History
> Ancient history: to c 500 CE
> Antike
> BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance
> General & world history
> Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte
> HISTORY / Ancient / General
> HISTORY / World
> Aufsatzsammlung
> Alter Orient
> Wirtschaft
> Wirtschaftssystem
> Kreditwesen
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| Zusammenfassung: | "This volume reconsiders the economic history of the ancient and late ancient Mediterranean and Near East from the perspective of David Graeber's anthropological theory. It pursues two purposes. On the one hand, it tests the accuracy of the grand narrative put forward in his 2011 monograph Debt: The First 5000 Years. Does the concept of a 'currency-slavery-warfare complex', in which monetization, state formation and the subjection of new fields of life to the logic of the market go hand in hand, shed new light on the political economies of the Near East and Mediterranean from around 700 BCE to 700 CE? On the other hand, this volume offers a history of ancient and late ancient credit systems which takes seriously the dual nature of debt as both a quantifiable economic reality and an immeasurable social obligation. By examining the multiplicity of ways in which social relationships were quantified in different societies, it tries out a method of writing the history of pre-modern systems of exchange that departs from the currently dominant paradigm of neo-institutional economics." "In his Debt: The First 5000 Years, the anthropologist David Graeber put forward a new grand narrative of world history. From the Late Bronze Age onwards, all across the Near East and Mediterranean, relationships of mutual obligation were transformed into quantifiable and legally enforceable debts. Graeber suggests that this transformation made possible new economic institutions, such as IOUs, coinage, and chattel slavery. It also led to the emergence ofmodes of thought that have shaped Eurasian philosophical and religious traditions ever since. Debt in the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East explores the implications of this theory for the history of the Mediterranean and Near East. A distinguished group of ancient historians assesses how well Graeber's interpretations fit current understandings of ancient and late antique economies. At the same time, this volume offers a history of premodern credit systems which takes seriously the dual nature of debt as both quantifiable economic reality and immeasurable socialobligation. By exploring the diverse ways in which social relationships were quantified in different ancient and late antique societies, the work introduces a method of writing the history of premodern systems of exchange that departs from the currently dominant paradigm of neo-institutional economics." |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | x, 277 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780197647172 |