The Social Meanings of Money and Property

<p>In this fascinating 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.</p><p>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. Examples in support of this argument are drawn from many social systems contemporary and historical.</p>