Commentary: Response to Karen Ho on cultures of capitalism, contexts of capitalism

The anthropology of capitalism requires ethnographic attention to capitalism at key sites of its production, as well as analytic recognition of the compulsive force of capitalism as it is produced and reproduced through a multitude of connected practices. This reply to Karen Ho's commentary on...

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Published in:American ethnologist 2014-02, Vol.41 (1), p.38-39
Main Author: ORTA, ANDREW
Format: Article
Language:English
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AE Dialogue: Karen Ho and Andrew Orta
Analysis
Anthropology
Capitalism
Ethnography
international business
management
Recognition
Risk
Social Reproduction
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Summary:The anthropology of capitalism requires ethnographic attention to capitalism at key sites of its production, as well as analytic recognition of the compulsive force of capitalism as it is produced and reproduced through a multitude of connected practices. This reply to Karen Ho's commentary on my AE article "Managing the Margins" addresses the tensions between approaching capitalism as context and as an emergent cultural production, and the challenges of engaging with "native categories"—such as "risk"—that blur with terms of critical analysis.
ISSN:0094-0496
1548-1425
DOI:10.1111/amet.12058