@article{ref1,
title="The hypostasis of money: an economic point of view",
journal="Cambridge journal of economics",
year="2007",
author="Cartelier, Jean",
volume="31",
number="2",
pages="217-233",
abstract="The purpose of this article is to show that money is not an entity but hic et nunc a genuine mode of circulation associated with a genuine social organisation. Criticising money hypostasis may help to to: (i) elucidate the ambivalence of monetary relations in our modern society (equivalence and subordination); (ii) criticise the idea that 'primitive monies' are nothing but imperfect forms of our modern money and show that exotic societies are worth studying for themselves; and (iii) relativise the knowledge we have about our societies and to develop comparative analysis. A sketchy comparison between wodani society and ours suggests that an abduction relation exists between money and society.<p />",
language="",
issn="0309-166X",
doi="10.1093/cje/bel022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cje/bel022"
}