Signifier as an economic category. (Toward a linguistic concept of use-value).
The article examines the use of the term “use value” in various contemporary works of economic anthropology, finding that the expression is used in three different ways. I maintain that these three meanings are but partial approximations to a description concerning the functioning of the values that...
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I28-R246-article-53062023-06-27T20:56:46Z Signifier as an economic category. (Toward a linguistic concept of use-value). El significante como categoría económica. (Por un concepto lingüístico de valor de uso) O significante como categoria econômica. (Por um conceito linguístico do valor de uso) Abduca, Ricardo Gabriel Use value Signifier Economic Anthropology Political Economy Linguistics Valor de uso Significante Antropología económica Economía política Lingüística Valor de uso Significante Antropologia econômica Economia política Linguística The article examines the use of the term “use value” in various contemporary works of economic anthropology, finding that the expression is used in three different ways. I maintain that these three meanings are but partial approximations to a description concerning the functioning of the values that emerge from use: the material entities from which human society is built. I argue that this triple manifestation corresponds exactly with the discovery that, since 1950, founded structuralism: the autonomy of the symbolic, as a specific register, although linked to the imaginary and the real. The attributes of the use value concept here proposed suggest notorious parallelism with that of signifier: its arbitrariness and indifference, its qualitative character, versatility, and capability to form signifying chains. From this perspective certain obvious contemporary phenomena are outlined, such as the fact that goods we use nowadays actually have an inscription, while in the distant past only the money had inscriptions. Se examina el empleo del término ‘valor de uso’ en diversas obras contemporáneas de antropología económica. Encontrándose que la expresión está usada en tres sentidos diferentes. Afirmo que los tres sentidos son aproximaciones parciales a una descripción del funcionamiento de los valores que emergen del uso: las entidades materiales con las que se construye sociedad humana. Sostengo que esa triple forma de manifestación corresponde exactamente al descubrimiento que constituyó, desde 1950, al estructuralismo: la autonomía de lo simbólico, como registro específico, aunque vinculado a lo imaginario y lo real. Los atributos del concepto de valor de uso aquí sugerido sugieren parelismos notorios con el de significante. A saber: Arbitrariedad e indiferencia. Carácter cualitativo. Versatilidad. Capacidad de formar cadena. Desde esta perspectiva se destacan ciertos evidentes fenómenos contemporáneos, como el carácter inscripto de los bienes de uso. Examina-se a utilização do termo “valor de uso” em diversas obras contemporâneas da antropologia econômica. O autor acha que a expressão foi usada em três modos diversos. Os três são aproximações parciais a uma descrição do funcionamento dos valores que emergem do uso: as entidades materiais da construção da sociedade humana. Essa tríplice forma de manifestação corresponde exatamente o descobrimento que constituiu, desde 1950, ao estruturalismo: a autonomia do simbólico, como registro especifico, vinculado, contudo, ao imaginário e ao real. É examinado o paralelismo dos atributos de dois conceitos, de valor de uso e o de significante. Os atributos do conceito de valor de uso que é sugerido aqui têm paralelismos notáveis com o de significante. Isso é: Arbitrariedade e indiferença. Caráter qualitativo. Versatilidade. Capacidade de formar cadeia. Desde esta perspectiva tentamos pensar evidentes fenômenos contemporâneos, como o caráter inscrito de quase todos os bens de uso de hoje em dia; no passado remoto, em vez disso, essa inscrição só era própria das moedas. Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA 2019-05-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/5306 10.34096/cas.i49.5306 Cuadernos de antropología social; Núm. 49 (2019): Repensando temas de Antropología Económica 1850-275X 0327-3776 spa http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/5306/5624 |
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Use value Signifier Economic Anthropology Political Economy Linguistics Valor de uso Significante Antropología económica Economía política Lingüística Valor de uso Significante Antropologia econômica Economia política Linguística Abduca, Ricardo Gabriel Signifier as an economic category. (Toward a linguistic concept of use-value). |
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Signifier as an economic category. (Toward a linguistic concept of use-value). |
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Signifier as an economic category. (Toward a linguistic concept of use-value). |
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Signifier as an economic category. (Toward a linguistic concept of use-value). |
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signifier as an economic category. (toward a linguistic concept of use-value). |
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The article examines the use of the term “use value” in various contemporary works of economic anthropology, finding that the expression is used in three different ways. I maintain that these three meanings are but partial approximations to a description concerning the functioning of the values that emerge from use: the material entities from which human society is built. I argue that this triple manifestation corresponds exactly with the discovery that, since 1950, founded structuralism: the autonomy of the symbolic, as a specific register, although linked to the imaginary and the real. The attributes of the use value concept here proposed suggest notorious parallelism with that of signifier: its arbitrariness and indifference, its qualitative character, versatility, and capability to form signifying chains. From this perspective certain obvious contemporary phenomena are outlined, such as the fact that goods we use nowadays actually have an inscription, while in the distant past only the money had inscriptions. |
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Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA |
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