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The Meaning of Money in China and the United States
When Emily Martin delivered the annual Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures at the University of Rochester... more When Emily Martin delivered the annual Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures at the University of Rochester in 1986, she took as her subject the meaning of money in China and the United States. Though the topic is of perennial interest—and never more so than in our era, when economic forecasts of China’s growing economy generate shallow news stories and public fear—the lectures were never edited for publication, so their rich analysis has been unavailable to anthropologists ever since. With this book—the first volume in a collaboration between Hau Books and the University of Rochester—Martin’s lectures are brought back, fully edited and richly illustrated. A new introduction by Martin herself brings her analysis wholly up to date, while an afterword by Jane I. Guyer and Sidney Mintz discusses Martin’s work, influence, and legacy. The Meaning of Money in China and the United States will instantly assume its rightful place as a classic in the field, with Martin’s insights as germane and product...
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Strong and Weak Illocutionary Acts
The problem of efficacy arises when people intend ritual acts to produce certain effects and, in ... more The problem of efficacy arises when people intend ritual acts to produce certain effects and, in actuality, their acts produce other effects. Various kinds of effects people can intend ritual acts to have are discussed, including the intent to affect the external world and the intent to affect the actors' own experience of events. Various actual effects rituals have been said to produce are also discussed, including Durkheim's reforging of moral nature and Lienhardt's control of 'a set of mental and moral dispositions'. Different combinations of intended and actual effects allow different ways out of the problem of efficacy. The problem is most acute with respect to 'strong' illocutionary acts like requesting, in which the speaker's or actor's intent to produce an effect is necessarily involved. It need not arise with respect to 'weak' illocutionary acts like wishing, in which effects are not necessarily intended at all. For the many ritua...
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The Problem of Efficacy: Strong and Weak Illocutionary Acts
Man, 1979
The problem of efficacy arises when people intend ritual acts to produce certain effects and, in ... more The problem of efficacy arises when people intend ritual acts to produce certain effects and, in actuality, their acts produce other effects. Various kinds of effects people can intend ritual acts to have are discussed, including the intent to affect the external world and the intent to ...
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Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology
Chinese Ritual and Politics, 1981
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Ritual and political authorities
Chinese Ritual and Politics, 1981
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Written bureaucratic communication
Chinese Ritual and Politics, 1981
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Rules in Oracles and Games
Man, 1982
... Evans-Pritchard states that benge is not a person: 'A boro, a person, ha... more ... Evans-Pritchard states that benge is not a person: 'A boro, a person, has two hands and two feet, a head, a belly, and so on, and the poison oracle [benge] has none of these things. It is not alive, it does not breathe or move about. It is a thing' (1937: 320). ...
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Meeting Polemics with Irenics in the Science Wars
Social Text, 1996
According to Webster's, a polemic is" an aggressive attack on, or the refutatio... more According to Webster's, a polemic is" an aggressive attack on, or the refutation of, others' opinions, doctrines or the like." In today's academy, professors and students often have cause to be polemic, but seldom have cause to remember that polemic has an opposite. 1 ...
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Chinese Studies, Cross-Cultural Studies and Taiwan
Pacific Affairs, 1981
... Using the paradigms developed by Abner Cohen, Gates suggests that Taiwan had a congruence of ... more ... Using the paradigms developed by Abner Cohen, Gates suggests that Taiwan had a congruence of class and ethnic cleavages from 1945 but ... in a landmark paper entitled "Subethnic Rivalry in the Ch'ing Period," analyzes the development of the Ch'uan-chou Hokkien, Chang ...
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The Meaning of Money in China and the United States
When Emily Martin delivered the annual Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures at the University of Rochester... more When Emily Martin delivered the annual Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures at the University of Rochester in 1986, she took as her subject the meaning of money in China and the United States. Though the topic is of perennial interest—and never more so than in our era, when economic forecasts of China’s growing economy generate shallow news stories and public fear—the lectures were never edited for publication, so their rich analysis has been unavailable to anthropologists ever since. With this book—the first volume in a collaboration between Hau Books and the University of Rochester—Martin’s lectures are brought back, fully edited and richly illustrated. A new introduction by Martin herself brings her analysis wholly up to date, while an afterword by Jane I. Guyer and Sidney Mintz discusses Martin’s work, influence, and legacy. The Meaning of Money in China and the United States will instantly assume its rightful place as a classic in the field, with Martin’s insights as germane and product...
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Strong and Weak Illocutionary Acts
The problem of efficacy arises when people intend ritual acts to produce certain effects and, in ... more The problem of efficacy arises when people intend ritual acts to produce certain effects and, in actuality, their acts produce other effects. Various kinds of effects people can intend ritual acts to have are discussed, including the intent to affect the external world and the intent to affect the actors' own experience of events. Various actual effects rituals have been said to produce are also discussed, including Durkheim's reforging of moral nature and Lienhardt's control of 'a set of mental and moral dispositions'. Different combinations of intended and actual effects allow different ways out of the problem of efficacy. The problem is most acute with respect to 'strong' illocutionary acts like requesting, in which the speaker's or actor's intent to produce an effect is necessarily involved. It need not arise with respect to 'weak' illocutionary acts like wishing, in which effects are not necessarily intended at all. For the many ritua...
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The Problem of Efficacy: Strong and Weak Illocutionary Acts
Man, 1979
The problem of efficacy arises when people intend ritual acts to produce certain effects and, in ... more The problem of efficacy arises when people intend ritual acts to produce certain effects and, in actuality, their acts produce other effects. Various kinds of effects people can intend ritual acts to have are discussed, including the intent to affect the external world and the intent to ...
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Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology
Chinese Ritual and Politics, 1981
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Ritual and political authorities
Chinese Ritual and Politics, 1981
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Written bureaucratic communication
Chinese Ritual and Politics, 1981
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Rules in Oracles and Games
Man, 1982
... Evans-Pritchard states that benge is not a person: 'A boro, a person, ha... more ... Evans-Pritchard states that benge is not a person: 'A boro, a person, has two hands and two feet, a head, a belly, and so on, and the poison oracle [benge] has none of these things. It is not alive, it does not breathe or move about. It is a thing' (1937: 320). ...
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Meeting Polemics with Irenics in the Science Wars
Social Text, 1996
According to Webster's, a polemic is" an aggressive attack on, or the refutatio... more According to Webster's, a polemic is" an aggressive attack on, or the refutation of, others' opinions, doctrines or the like." In today's academy, professors and students often have cause to be polemic, but seldom have cause to remember that polemic has an opposite. 1 ...
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Chinese Studies, Cross-Cultural Studies and Taiwan
Pacific Affairs, 1981
... Using the paradigms developed by Abner Cohen, Gates suggests that Taiwan had a congruence of ... more ... Using the paradigms developed by Abner Cohen, Gates suggests that Taiwan had a congruence of class and ethnic cleavages from 1945 but ... in a landmark paper entitled "Subethnic Rivalry in the Ch'ing Period," analyzes the development of the Ch'uan-chou Hokkien, Chang ...
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