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The Social Life of Money Hardcover – 28 Sep 2014

by Nigel Dodd (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 456 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press (28 Sept. 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0691141428
  • ISBN-13: 978-0691141428
  • Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 15.2 x 22.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 31,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Nigel Dodd's "The Social Life of Money" is fascinating."--Diane Coyle, "Enlightened Economist"

"An exhaustive analysis of money as a complex social process--not a thing--that will appeal to scholars in many fields."--Kirkus Reviews

"Dodd presents a wide-ranging and sophisticated review and integration of the academic work related to alternative conceptions of modern money. . . . [T]his is a richly rewarding book. Those of us accustomed to thinking of money as something we exchange for beer and pizza will never again have such a simple story."--Pietra Rivoli, Financial Times

"Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money is fascinating."--Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist

"Exhaustively researched. . . . Unexpected and fascinating."--BizEd

"[T]his brilliant book helps reconsidering views, opinions and theoretical claims on money that might be taken for granted too easily. It is a must-read for any scholar interested in the topic as it helps to better understand the nature of money--or, of monies. Also, surely many future in-depth case studies of particular forms of money will gain enormously from this work."--Philipp Degens, LSE Sociology

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"Nigel Dodd takes us on a tour de force through the meanings and possibilities of money, compelling us to rethink everything we thought we knew about its origins, current operations, and potential for positive social transformations. The book is clearly written and animated by engaging anecdotes. I was hooked from the first page."--Frederick F. Wherry, Yale University

"Astonishing in its coverage, this is the most comprehensive book on money that I have encountered. Genuinely interdisciplinary and broadly accessible, it should appeal across the social sciences and humanities. The writing is of a very high standard--clear, always progressive in its movement, and often witty or ironic."--Keith Hart, London School of Economics

"In this book, Nigel Dodd, one of today's major sociologists of money, looks at the large debates and makes imaginative connections among some of the 'big picture' social lives of money. It compares broad worries about the corrosive aspects of money with the possibilities of its enormous productive power. If we ever needed a well-informed and accessible book on money like this one, it is now."--Jocelyn Pixley, Macquarie University, Sydney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 starsThe most comprehensive and illuminating guide to money yet written
By jonone100 on 24 Oct. 2014
Format: Hardcover
I’ve reviewed a lot of books on money.

But I’m not an academic. If you want an academic opinion on ‘The Social Life of Money’ there are plenty of endorsements from the most respected academics on the back cover of this book. And if the academic status of those positively reviewing a book is your criteria for judgement, the decision is an easy one. Keith Hart says its ‘the most comprehensive book on money’ he’s ever encountered.

So in this review, I wanted to find a way to evangelize about ‘The Social Life of Money’ that might appeal to those who either, don’t find the prospect of a treatise on theories and ideas about money that exciting, or perhaps, feel that there is little they could learn about money from an academic sociologist.

I offer you a five point evaluation that I hope will persuade you.

Firstly don’t expect answers. There is no final reveal. Dodd is firmer on what money is not, than what it is.

Secondly, this is a book of theory. It demands an imaginative reader. It brings together ideas on the nature of social reality with money that I’ve never read anywhere else. So at some point, regardless of your intellectual heritage, you will be challenged to imagine something new.

Thirdly, despite the well-deserved high praise for the clarity and skill with which Dodd writes, reading it demands attention. It’s not going to be easy, so be prepared.

Fourthly. This is tricky. I’ve read and reviewed Dodd’s first money book ‘The Sociology of Money’ (1994) and his journal articles on money. And of course this book. What fires me up about his work - and this is very evident in the ‘Social Life of Money’ - is his focus on questions of money and epistemology, and money and ontology.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsGood to learn, good to teach
By Shelfie on 13 Oct. 2014
Format: Hardcover
This book takes the centre of my shelf of 21st century books putting a new spin on economic subjects. (Double entendre intended). Simply put, Dodd is trying to make sense of the money in the social world in the midst of huge economic crises. But that hardly describes the book. I like this book the best of the group by far, the others lack the range and the intensity of this one. Ingham’s ‘Nature of Money’ is useful on some key points for teaching money in economic sociology courses, but I couldn’t structure a whole course off it, or even really use it as a basis for a critical article. Dodd’s reach is much broader, but without becoming tedious or losing depth. One section that is particularly eyebrow-raising is how Dodd tackles the future of money (the title of B Cohen’s solid policy directed book) through utopianism. His approach lifts current twitterstorms out of the rubbish filled aether & puts the debate into a much more primary and powerful place. This, along with the portions on debt, and guilt, is very refreshing. Or maybe cleansing is a better word. Another book that sort of aligns with this is Noam Yuran’s ‘What Money Wants’ published 6 months ago. It’s working with money and desire and has occasional moments. But Dodd’s is a more powerful, much more mature work, and one I am organizing a course on the basis of.
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5.0 out of 5 starsContemporary classic!
By Calisto on 29 Oct. 2014
Format: Hardcover
Money is one of the most difficult phenomena to understand and explain.
It's only when there is a crisis that we stop to understand what money truly is and what it means to our existence as human beings.
The recent crisis, Dodd's departure point, spurred economists, financiers and ordinary people to question their views on money or to kindle an interest in trying to understand how it is connected to their vision of the 'good' i.e. ethical life.
This excellent book succeeds where many have failed. It does not attempt to reduce the complexities of this social phenomenon through a straightforward and linear overview of money. Rather, it takes us on a whirlwind tour of money in all of its guises (prepared to be surprised) by analysing its origins (and associated myths), its value, its use and the social, political and cultural institutions that underpin it. The Social Life of Money is the first of its kind. Some of the questions that Dodd raises in this book include: Who decides what is money and what is not - is it only states? Is there only one form of money? How is money reflective of the society that exists in? How do the greatest intellectuals, Nietzsche, Derrida, Benjamin, Minsky, Bataille, Marx, Weber (to name a few) conceptualise money? Although Dodd is a superb social theorist in the classical tradition, his approach is eclectic and his imagination vast, expertly grappling with literature from various disciplines including: economics, anthropology, history and political economy. He provides an unorthodox framework through which different schools of thought can 'speak' to each other. This book is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of the economic decisions that shape our daily life and the emergence of new forms of money like Bitcoin.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA good survey overall
By a on 26 Oct. 2015
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Enjoyable because not averse to detailed argumentation, you can read it as if it were a suspense novel. The author sets up a categorization at the beginning that looks untenable: will he be forced to ditch it in the end? How deep can he go conceptually before the edifice crumbles? For most of the book he keeps it all together, but it is almost the work of a wizard: as soon as the cover closes, the magic disappears. A good survey overall. The last chapter is by far the most compelling.
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