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| By the end of the 20th century, anthropology had fully embraced the idea that there was a global context for their work in any one single local setting. | By the end of the 20th century, anthropology had fully embraced the idea that there was a global context for their work in any one single local setting. | ||
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| + | Now it is common to hear that globalization may slowing down, or going in reverse, e.g.: | ||
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| + | * Wong, Edward, and Ana Swanson. 2022. “Ukraine War and Pandemic Force Nations to Retreat From Globalization.” The New York Times, March 22, 2022, sec. U.S. https:// | ||
| Globalization is ongoing, but hasn’t worked out the way anyone expected. What can we learn now from the anthropology of globalization in retrospect? | Globalization is ongoing, but hasn’t worked out the way anyone expected. What can we learn now from the anthropology of globalization in retrospect? | ||
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| Capitalism is a system in which some people use other people as tools to exploit resources. | Capitalism is a system in which some people use other people as tools to exploit resources. | ||
| - | Capitalism is a system in which all valuable things can be owned as private property. | + | Capitalism is a system in which all valuable things can be owned as private property. |
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| ===== “The fetishism of commodities and the secret thereof” ===== | ===== “The fetishism of commodities and the secret thereof” ===== | ||
| - | > A commodity appears, at first sight, a very trivial thing, and | + | > A commodity appears, at first sight, a very trivial thing, and |
| > easily understood. Its analysis shows that it is, in reality, | > easily understood. Its analysis shows that it is, in reality, | ||
| > a very queer thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and | > a very queer thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and | ||
| - | > theological niceties. | + | > theological niceties. |
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| > A commodity is therefore a mysterious thing, simply because in it | > A commodity is therefore a mysterious thing, simply because in it | ||
| > the social character of men’s labor appears to them as an objective | > the social character of men’s labor appears to them as an objective | ||
| - | > character stamped upon the product of that labour […].” (Marx [1867] | + | > character stamped upon the product of that labour […]. (Marx [1867] |
| > 1972, 319–20) | > 1972, 319–20) | ||
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| A global capitalist system is, by definition, also a system that comprises many different cultures, settings, and ways of life. | A global capitalist system is, by definition, also a system that comprises many different cultures, settings, and ways of life. | ||
| - | Yet the contact among cultures in a global system takes place in a very specific and highly unequal set of institutions: | + | Yet the contact among cultures in a global system takes place in a very specific and highly unequal set of institutions: |
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| + | - Goods move freely, people (mostly) don’t. | ||
| Nostalgia for “traditional culture” is the commodity fetishism of difference. | Nostalgia for “traditional culture” is the commodity fetishism of difference. | ||
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