TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The hypostasis of money: an economic point of view
JO  - Cambridge journal of economics
A1  - Cartelier, Jean
SP  - 217
EP  - 233
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0309-166X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cje/bel022
ID  - ref1
ER  -