A preview of "commodity" as anthropologists use the term. Other important terms and concepts covered include: fetishism, capitalism, alienation, market, bourgeoisie (owners of property, sometimes called "capitalists"), proletariat, Commodity (fetish/exchange) value (realised in exchange, e.g. 1kg of gold appears more valuable), use value (realised without exchange, e.g. 1kg of steel knives are more valuable).
Further reading:
Marx, The Commodity, [ Ссылка ]...
Polanyi, The Great Transformation.
About me: I'm Nick Herriman, author of the books "Entangled State" and "Witch-hunt and Conspiracy". I lecture in Anthropology at La Trobe University. I am also the 'Audible Anthropologist' on iTunes.
About "25 Concepts in Anthropology": I preview what I think are the 25 most important concepts in socio-cultural anthropology. Each concept provides a unique insight into what it is to be human.
See my Blogs on:
*fieldwork in the Cocos Islands [ Ссылка ]
* the Anthropology of Symbols [ Ссылка ]
