community and money

[Tom Walker]

Keith Hudson wrote,   > It is community that is so sadly lacking in modern developed society . . .   Later today I was reading a review article on "La monnaie souveraine" and came across the following gem:   "It is still the relation to the community as a whole which is expressed by money. But, instead of being displayed in broad daylight, like the bead curtains [of the Melanesians] . . . this relation is henceforth hidden as by a veil. The monetary veil is interposed between exchangers and allows them to act as isolated individuals, outside any traditional social ties. Nevertheless, it is only by virtue of this very particular relation to the community as a totality that individuals can behave as though the relation to the totality did not exist."   The review article, "Money as Sovereignity: The economics of Michel Aglietta" by John Grahl, and a host of other interesting stuff can be found on the website of the "Thematic Network: Full Employment for Europe."   http://www.barkhof.uni-bremen.de/kua/memo/europe/tser/Publicat.htm       Tom Walker