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Anthropology of wealth

Anthropology of wealth. Lolita Nikolova. Art works by Stavri Kalinov (Bulgaria) Wealth of mythological expression. Objectives. To destructure some of the aspects of wealth in the context of the problem of the textbook. Problems: Wealth and economy Wealth and political organization

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Anthropology of wealth

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  1. Anthropology of wealth Lolita Nikolova

  2. Art works by Stavri Kalinov (Bulgaria) Wealth of mythological expression

  3. Objectives • To destructure some of the aspects of wealth in the context of the problem of the textbook. • Problems: • Wealth and economy • Wealth and political organization • Wealth and household/kinship • Wealth and cultural reproduction (enculturation, beliefs, art and entertainment)

  4. Case studies • Power and wealth Southeast Asia The Angkor period (889–1434), the golden age of Khmer civilization Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) • Temples and architecture through ages • Jewelry through ages

  5. Wealth as anthropological category Material wealth Wealth as non-material value Examples: Wealth of expression Wealth of mythological expression Wealth of language expression Wealth of artistic expression

  6. Dialectic of wealth Sustenance poverty everydayness people wealth border value

  7. Wealth Ambivalent accumulation Accumulation as a positive social practice Accumulation as a negative social practice Examples: Savings from wages Profits from business Loto winners Prize winners Gifts, etc. Example: Stealing Pirate actions War Over-profit Fraud, etc.

  8. Wealth as a individual strategy Individual E N C U L T U R A T I O N Family Kinship W E A L T H Makingliving Community Subsistence Social grouping Political organization Beliefs Entertainment Society

  9. Toward psychology of wealth Genes, through the proteins they encode, determine all body processes, including how the body responds to challenges from the environment (http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/NIH/gene04.php) The interrelation between the genes and brain

  10. War and the wealth Greece - Age of Alexander the Great 1/6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQeCkYIoMCI&feature=PlayList&p=4A196B70D6E742C0&index=0

  11. War and the wealth Alexander the Great http://www.interesting.com/stories/alexander/

  12. Wealth and violence • Alexander was proclaimed King by the Macedonian army and by the Macedonian noblemen at the age of 20 (336 BC). • Alexander began his reign by having his potential rivals to the throne murdered. • His cousin, the former Amyntas IV – executed • Two Macedonian princes from the region of Lyncestis killed • While a third, Alexander Lyncestes, was spared. • Olympias (Alexander’s mother) had Cleopatra Eurydice and her daughter by Philip, Europa, burned alive. Source: Wikipedia [Alexander the Great]

  13. Everydayness and wealth belt diadem Hellenistic jewelry Pair of bracelets with terminals in the form of a sea dragon. Gold. End of 3rd cent. BC.  National Archaeological Museum of Athens

  14. An omnipotent ruler and wealth Southeast Asia The Angkor period (889–1434), the golden age of Khmer civilization The lost temples in the world

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