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Antiquities, Forests and Simmel's Sociology of Value

ARCHAEOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY: STUDIES IN LOOTED ANTIQUITIES, Simon Mackenzie and Penny Green, eds., Oxford Hart, 2009

14 Pages Posted: 31 May 2009

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Tony Ward

University of Hull - School of Law

Date Written: May 31, 2009

Abstract

The illicit markets in antiquities and timber both involve damage to objects to which many people attach great intrinsic value, which is not reducible to economic value. Harms of this nature pose a problem for criminological theories that focus on empathy or human rights. To understand them we need to investigate the phenomenology of value. The classic investigation of this subject in the sociological canon is that of Georg Simmel. This chapter explores the continuing relevance of Simmel's analysis of value to criminology.

Keywords: looted antquities, illegal logging, criminology, value, Simmel

JEL Classification: B31, D46, K42

Suggested Citation

Ward, Tony, Antiquities, Forests and Simmel's Sociology of Value (May 31, 2009). ARCHAEOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY: STUDIES IN LOOTED ANTIQUITIES, Simon Mackenzie and Penny Green, eds., Oxford Hart, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1412328

Tony Ward (Contact Author)

University of Hull - School of Law ( email )

University of Hull
Hull, HU6 7RX
United Kingdom

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