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JUXTONOMICS

Culture & economic life, from prehistory onward

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Ritual & belief

Meaning, belief, and cultural practice.

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How do people connect material life with meaning, ceremony, and moral obligation? Follow questions about ritual and belief through the practices and objects people value.

This thread considers what people regard as proper, sacred, honorable, or unacceptable, and how those judgments enter decisions about work, giving, consumption, and wealth.

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