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In either case, economic anthropology essentially had become applied Marxism in the context of underdeveloped countries. As Godelier argues, [I]t is the concept of the mode of production which constitutes the primary concept of economic anthropology. The task of the latter is to determine the types of mode of production which exist in the societies it studies and which transform themselves through articulation with, and under the domination of, the capitalist world economy. (Godelier 1972:195) In describing the new economic anthropology of the 1970s, among which he counts himself a contributor, Seddon says it best.
In fact, he held economic theory in disdain and characterized the “primitive economic man” concept in mocking tones. In his account of the Trobriand Islanders’ yam harvest, Malinowski argues that rather than self-interest, the prestige behind the title tokwabagula or “good gardener” was the primary motivation. The most important point about this is, however, that all, or almost all of the fruits of his work, and certainly any surplus he can achieve by extra effort, goes not to the man himself, but to his relatives-in-law… [I]t may be said that about three quarters of a man’s crop go partly as tribute to the chief, partly as his due to his sister’s (or mother’s) husband and family.
The world is never experienced directly. It must be interpreted through the lens of culture. Thus, understanding complex social interaction— the sort which is most interesting to economists, anthropologists, 24 MARKETS AS AN EXTENSION OF CULTURE and other social scientists—will require us to address the cultural context in which it takes place. Introducing aspects of culture is not novel to economics, yet a full appreciation has not yet been realized. Economists usually recognize only two functions of culture within the economy— determining preferences and constraining optimizing behavior.