Affective, parochial or innovative? Aleppo traders on the margin of global capitalism

This article scrutinizes three different, and possible, ways to depict traders in contemporary Aleppo. They can be seen as sharing a distinct culture, as representatives of the petite bourgeoisie, or as examples of entrepreneurs. While all these approaches tell us something about the Aleppo traders,...

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Autor principal:	Annika Rabo
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Publicado:	Université de Provence 2006
Materias:	History of Africa DT1-3415 Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d7473a619d744cfca16a50bd8b5f03402021-12-02T10:06:09ZAffective, parochial or innovative? Aleppo traders on the margin of global capitalism0997-13272105-227110.4000/remmm.3013https://doaj.org/article/d7473a619d744cfca16a50bd8b5f03402006-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/remmm/3013https://doaj.org/toc/0997-1327https://doaj.org/toc/2105-2271This article scrutinizes three different, and possible, ways to depict traders in contemporary Aleppo. They can be seen as sharing a distinct culture, as representatives of the petite bourgeoisie, or as examples of entrepreneurs. While all these approaches tell us something about the Aleppo traders, these approaches have great limitations, not least since the latter two – each in its own way – are utility-oriented. It is, I will rather argue, important to analyze Aleppo traders as affective, parochial and innovative, at the same time. Although Aleppo traders find themselves on the margins of global capitalism, they can, in fact, be studied in order to understand salient features of the contemporary world. We have a new affective economy where personalities, emotions and sensibilities are put on the market. The article is based on material collected during social anthropological fieldwork in Aleppo between 1997 and 2003, but mainly carried out in 1998-1999.Annika RaboUniversité de ProvencearticleHistory of AfricaDT1-3415Social sciences (General)H1-99ENFRRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, Vol 115 (2006)
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description	This article scrutinizes three different, and possible, ways to depict traders in contemporary Aleppo. They can be seen as sharing a distinct culture, as representatives of the petite bourgeoisie, or as examples of entrepreneurs. While all these approaches tell us something about the Aleppo traders, these approaches have great limitations, not least since the latter two – each in its own way – are utility-oriented. It is, I will rather argue, important to analyze Aleppo traders as affective, parochial and innovative, at the same time. Although Aleppo traders find themselves on the margins of global capitalism, they can, in fact, be studied in order to understand salient features of the contemporary world. We have a new affective economy where personalities, emotions and sensibilities are put on the market. The article is based on material collected during social anthropological fieldwork in Aleppo between 1997 and 2003, but mainly carried out in 1998-1999.
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title	Affective, parochial or innovative? Aleppo traders on the margin of global capitalism
title_short	Affective, parochial or innovative? Aleppo traders on the margin of global capitalism
title_full	Affective, parochial or innovative? Aleppo traders on the margin of global capitalism
title_fullStr	Affective, parochial or innovative? Aleppo traders on the margin of global capitalism
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Affective, parochial or innovative? Aleppo traders on the margin of global capitalism

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