The social meanings of money and property [electronic resource] : in search of a talisman / Kenneth O. Doyle.

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Doyle, Kenneth O

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Sage eBooks

Publication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 289 p.) : illISBN:

9781483328324 (ebook) :

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Electronic books.

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332.4019 23

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HG222.3 .D69 1999

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Summary: In this volume Kenneth O. Doyle provides a conceptual framework for understanding the social meanings of money and property, and the psychological, cultural, economic, and political variables which contribute to these meanings. The author advances the concept of money as talisman, by which individuals protect themselves from their individual fears: of incompetence, abandonment, disorganization and constraint - to mention but a few.

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In this volume Kenneth O. Doyle provides a conceptual framework for understanding the social meanings of money and property, and the psychological, cultural, economic, and political variables which contribute to these meanings. The author advances the concept of money as talisman, by which individuals protect themselves from their individual fears: of incompetence, abandonment, disorganization and constraint - to mention but a few.

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