Laligant, Sophie, and Le Roux, Geraldine (2017) Comparer l’incomparable: considérations autour de la notion de monnaie / Compare the incomparable: considerations around the notion of currency. Cargo, 5. pp. 7-25.

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[French] On ne peut qu’être frappé par cette approche singulière de la monnaie, qui est,ici, aussi la nôtre, bien loin de la définition classique de l’économie pure, quilui assigne une mesure, pondérale ou légale, de valeur. Autoréférentielle, la monnaieest, en Occident, confinée à la seule sphère économique et expression la plusachevée des valeurs individualistes. La légitimité de cette monnaie participe d’unordre monétaire de plus en plus décontextualisé, tel qu’observé de nos jours àl’échelle internationale. Celui-ci ne conçoit que deux états économiques : l’un sansmonnaie et l’autre avec. Cela sous-entend que chaque marchandise ait son prixdéclaré en monnaie dite unité de compte, qu’elle soit acquise grâce à de l’argent ditmoyen de circulation et que les rentrées monétaires soient gardées jusqu’auxprochaines transactions, constituant ainsi le moyen de réserve.

[English] One can only be struck by this singular approach to money, which is here also ours, far from the classical definition of pure economy, which assigns a measure, weight or legal value. Self-referential, money is, in the West, confined to the only economic sphere and the most endowed expression of individualistic values. The legitimacy of this currency is part of a monetary order that is increasingly decontextualized, as it is observed nowadays on an international scale. This one conceives only two economic states: one without money and the other with. This implies that each commodity has its price declared in the so-called unit of account, that it is acquired by means of circulation money and that the money receipts are kept until the next transactions, thus constituting the means of reserve.

Item ID:	50920
Item Type:	Article (Scholarly Work)
ISSN:	2265-6405
Additional Information:	Main text is in French.
Date Deposited:	03 Jul 2018 00:52
FoR Codes:	16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1601 Anthropology > 160104 Social and Cultural Anthropology @ 100%
SEO Codes:	97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society @ 50% 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9599 Other Cultural Understanding > 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified @ 50%
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