Sociology and Anthropology of Economic Life: The Moral Embedding of Economic Action focuses on the ways in which the ethical, moral, and affective forces shape economic activities of production, consumption, and exchange. Combining comparative theoretical formulations with rich ethnographic data, the essays in this volume provide a comprehensive account of the major issues and debates in economic anthropology and sociology as they pertain to Indian society and culture.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ranendra K. Das
Ranendra K. Das retired as Professor, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Veena Das
Veena Das is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of anthropology at the Johns Hopkiins University, Baltimore, United States of America. Her publicatioins include Structure and Cognition: Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual (OUP, 1992), Critical Events: An anthropological Perspective on Contemporary India (OUP, 1996). Professor Das also edited the Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology (OUP, 2003).
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