Towards a Marriage between Economics and Anthropology and a General Theory of Marriage

摘要: Historically, there have been clear lines of demarcation between economics and anthropology. Mary Douglas, p. 781, asserts that centripetal forces attract resources towards the center a discipline discourage turbulence at boundaries subject out fear losing autonomy. If she is correct, then present division social sciences may not be more than historical accident, another instance institutional self-perpetuation. This paper declaration turbulence. Building on trend to stretch disciplinary boundaries, it proposes unification As first step, suggested our disciplines could jointly work general study marriage.