Expanding the Economic Concept of Exchange

InhaltsangabeAcknowledgements. 1. Introduction; C. Gerschlager. Part I: The Conceptual Range of Exchange and Deception. 2. Is (Self-)Deception an Indispensable Quality of Exchange? A New Approach to Adam Smith's Concept; C. Gerschlager. 3. Exchange and Emotions; P. Dumouchel. 4. On Exchange and Deception. How the Logic of Exchange Excludes Deception and Fraud, And How We Thereby are Mistaken about its True Ethical Properties; U. Thielemann. Part II: The Economics of Deception: Simulation and Pseudo-Realities. 5. On Exchange and Deceit; H. Bonus. 6. Economists Encounter Cyborgs; P. Mirowski. Part III: Archaic Religious Settings of Exchanges: Animal Spirits, Gods and Other `Imaginary Partners'. 7. The Go-Between: Reflections on a Mechanism of Ritual Exchange; A. de Sales. 8. Tricks on the Trade or How Siberian Hunters Play the Game of Life-Exchange; R.H. Hamayon. 9. On Mauss and Myths. Exploring Different Forms of Exchange; M. Treml. Part IV: Deception in Economic Anthropology: Being Mystified? 10. Misrepresenting the Potlatch; I. Schulte-Tenckhoff. 11. On Reciprocity. A Case Study on Insufficient State of Notions of Economic Criticism; J. Fahlbusch. Part V: Gender, Sacrifice and Veils. 12. In-Ex-Change-Able. Sketches on Women - Exchange - Desire; B. Krondorfer. 13. Violence Deceived: Changing Reciprocities from Vengeance to Gift Exchange; M.R. Anspach. 14. The Technologisation of Money; W. Berger. 15. Conclusions; C. Gerschlager. Subject Index. Author Index. About the Authors.