Maurer, Bill

Mutual Life, Limited - Islamic Banking, Alternative Currencies, Lateral reason : Islamic Banking, Alternative Currencies, Lateral Reason

List of Illustrations and Tables xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii A Note on Transliteration xxi Introduction Lateral Reasons for a Post-reflexive Anthropology 1(23) In the Matter of Islamic Banking and Local Currencies 24(31) Of Law and Belief 55(22) Of Monetary Alternatives and the Limits of Values Past 77(23) Innumerate Equivalencies: Making Change with Alternative Currencies 100(22) Wiseman's and Fool's Gold 122(14) Mutual Life, Limited: Insurance, Moral Value, and Bureaucratic Form 136(18) Conclusion Restaging Abstraction and Adequation 154(15) Notes 169(16) References Cited 185(20) Index 205